The Civil Enforcement of Parking Contraventions (County of East Sussex) (Amendment), Bus Lane Contraventions (Approved Local Authorities) (Amendment) and Moving Traffic Contraventions Designation Order 2025

The Secretary of State issues this legislative Order.

The authority for issuing this Order comes from specific sections (paragraphs 8(1), 9(1), and 10(1) of Part 2 of Schedule 8, and paragraph 3(1) of Schedule 10) of the Traffic Management Act 2004, which is referred to as 'the Act'.

East Sussex County Council requested the Secretary of State to use powers under the Act to make an order concerning specific parts of its area related to parking enforcement.

Several other councils—Brighton and Hove, Calderdale, Cornwall, Dorset, Kirklees, Knowsley, Milton Keynes, and Slough—independently requested the Secretary of State to use powers under paragraph 10(1) of Schedule 8 of the Act to create an order regarding parts of their respective local authority areas.

Before making the Order, as required by the Act, the Secretary of State consulted the chief officers of several police forces, including those covering Sussex, West Yorkshire, Devon and Cornwall, Dorset, Merseyside, and Thames Valley.

Article 1 covers the official title, the date the Order legally takes effect, and the geographic area to which it applies.

The official short title of this legislation is specified, and it is established that the Order officially begins and has legal effect on December 9th, 2025.

The territorial scope of this Order applies across both England and Wales.

Article 2 defines terms used throughout the rest of the legislation.

This provision establishes that the 'relevant date' for the purposes of this Order is the actual date on which the Order itself is formally made.

Article 3 details changes being made to a prior 1999 Order concerning parking areas in the Borough of Hastings within East Sussex.

This confirms that the 1999 Order for Hastings is to be amended according to the subsequent provisions of this current Order.

Within Article 3 (Application) of the older Hastings Order, two specific changes are mandated: first, a specific length of the A21 trunk road, previously excluded, is removed from the exclusion; second, the phrase 'the whole of' is inserted before references to 'the Borough of Hastings', ensuring the entire borough is subject to the Order.

Article 4 details modifications to the 2004 Order that defines parking areas within the District of Lewes, also part of East Sussex.

This confirms that the 2004 Order concerning the District of Lewes is amended by this instrument.

In Article 3 (Application) of the Lewes Order, any text starting with 'except—' until the very end of that article is deleted, removing any previous limitations or exclusions on the designated parking area.

Article 5 introduces amendments to the 2005 Order which approves local authorities for enforcing bus lane contraventions.

This step officially states that the 2005 Bus Lane Contraventions Order is subject to amendment by this Order.

An entry is inserted into Schedule 2 of the 2005 Order, following the entry for Bradford Council.

This new entry designates Cambridgeshire County Council, citing reference numbers 2023/1256 and 2025/788, as an approved local authority regarding bus lane contraventions.

Article 6 concerns the formal designation of specific local authority areas to enable them to enforce moving traffic violations using civil powers.

The Secretary of State formally designates the subsequent listed areas as zones where moving traffic contraventions can be enforced through civil procedures.

The first designated area is the portion of Brighton and Hove City Council's jurisdiction that was previously designated as a permitted and special parking area under the 2001 Brighton and Hove Order, as it existed just before this current Order's making date.

The second designation applies to the part of Calderdale Borough Council's area previously designated as a permitted and special parking area under the 2006 Calderdale Order, using its status just before the relevant date.

The next designation covers the entire area of Cornwall Council designated as a civil enforcement and special enforcement area under the 2010 Designation Order, referencing its configuration immediately prior to this Order being made.

For Dorset Council, the designation covers two sets of areas: (i) parts designated as permitted/special parking areas under several specific orders relating to Christchurch, Weymouth & Portland, North Dorset, and Purbeck, as they existed before the relevant date; and (ii) areas designated as civil enforcement/special enforcement areas under the 2016 Designation Order, again using their status immediately before the relevant date.

The area of Kirklees Borough Council designated as a permitted and special parking area under the 2006 Order for Kirklees constitutes the moving traffic enforcement area, based on its prior state before the relevant date.

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council's area, as previously designated for civil and special parking enforcement by the 2014 Designation Order, is now also a civil enforcement area for moving traffic contraventions, referencing its status immediately before the relevant date.

The designated parking area within Milton Keynes City Council, established by the 2002 Order for the Borough of Milton Keynes, is designated for moving traffic enforcement based on its configuration before the relevant date.

The final designation for moving traffic enforcement applies to the part of Slough Borough Council's area designated as a permitted and special parking area by the 2003 Order for the Borough of Slough, referencing its status prior to the relevant date.

This section records the formal signing of the Order.

It was signed on November 11th, 2025, by Keir Mather, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for the Department for Transport, acting under the authority of the Secretary of State.

This note explains that the Order modifies two existing East Sussex Orders (for Hastings and Lewes).

The change removes previous exclusions, thereby incorporating more roads into East Sussex County Council's civil enforcement area for parking violations and designating them as special enforcement areas.

The Order also updates the 2005 Bus Lane Contraventions Order to allow Cambridgeshire County Council to enforce bus lane rules under Part 6 of the 2004 Act.

The specific areas in Cambridgeshire designated for bus lane enforcement match the areas already designated for parking contravention enforcement.

The Order designates areas within eight specific councils (listed) as civil enforcement areas for moving traffic contraventions under Part 6 of the 2004 Act.

Crucially, these new moving traffic enforcement areas are identical to, or contained within, the areas already designated for parking contravention enforcement in those same councils.

The practical outcome of Article 6 is that the listed local authorities gain the power to use civil law penalties, rather than criminal procedures, to enforce rules related to moving traffic violations within the specified parts of their jurisdictions.

A full impact assessment was deemed unnecessary because the government does not anticipate any major consequences for the private, voluntary, or public sectors from these changes.

A supplementary Explanatory Memorandum, which provides further detail, is available on the official UK legislation website.