The Bus Lanes (Approved Devices) (England) Order 2005
The Bus Lane Contraventions (Penalty Charges, Adjudication and Enforcement) (England) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2757) provide for the imposition of penalty charges in respect of contraventions of bus lane restrictions in England. Those Regulations permit the imposition of penalty charges only on the basis of a record produced by an “approved device”. This Order provides that a device which is of a description specified in article 2 of this order is an approved device in England for the purposes of regulations under section 144, including the Regulations referred to above. Article 3 provides that a device specified in article 2(2)(b) must also be type approved by the Secretary of State and used in compliance with any conditions subject to which the approval was given. The Schedule to this order specifies criteria which a device must be certified as meeting if it is to fall within article 2(b).