57 General powers of parish or community councils for provision of parking places
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (1984 c 27) | Legislation

Provision of parking places by parish or community councils

57  General powers of parish or community councils for provision of parking places

(1)     Where for the purposes of relieving or preventing congestion of traffic or preserving local amenities it appears to the council of a parish in England or a community in Wales to be necessary to do so, the council, subject to sections 58 and 59 of this Act, may—

(a)     provide within their area and maintain suitable parking places for bicycles and motor cycles, or

(b)     provide within their area and maintain suitable parking places, otherwise than on roads, for vehicles of other descriptions or for vehicles generally.

(2)     For the purpose of providing and maintaining any such parking place, or for the purpose of providing means of entrance to and egress from any parking place provided under this section, a parish or community council may—

(a)     utilise and adapt any land purchased by the council for the purpose or appropriated for the purpose under subsection (3) below, or

(b)

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