Commentary on Sections Section 6 – Road closures or restrictions
59.Section 16A of the 1984 Act empowers traffic authorities to make temporary special events orders to restrict or prohibit traffic to facilitate the holding of sporting, social or entertainment events on a road. Section 16B of that Act applies various limitations to such orders. Section 16 of the 2006 Act empowers traffic authorities to make such temporary “special events” orders for any London Olympic event whether on or off a road. That section also disapplies the limitations in section 16B of the 1984 Act but only in respect of complete road closures.
60.Subsection (3) extends the disapplication of the section 16B limitations to any restriction (as well as a closure) made in connection with a London Olympic event.
61.Subsection (4) amends section 16 of the 2006 Act to ensure that temporary “special events” restrictions, like the orders and notices made by virtue of section 14, may be enforced under civil procedures in relation to parking contraventions.