London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games (Amendment) Bill

11: Before Clause 4, insert the following new Clause— ““Operation of Olympic Route Network (1) Section 11 of the London Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Act 2006 is amended as follows. (2) In subsection (4)(a) leave out from ““unless”” to the end of the paragraph and insert ““the following have been consulted— (i) the highway authority, traffic authority or street authority with responsibility for each road designated in the order, and (ii) members of the public living in the Greater London Authority area and in the local authority areas through which roads designated in the order run,””. (3) After subsection (4)(a) insert— ““(aa) may not be made unless the consultation under paragraph (a) considered— (i) proposals for the minimisation of disruption to the general public due to the operation of the Olympic Route Network, (ii) proposals for informing members of the public in relation to the proposed Olympic Route Network and its likely impact on local and regional traffic, (iii) proposals for maintaining road safety and preventing accidents which might result from operation of the Olympic Route Network, (iv) proposals for allowing taxis licensed under section 37 of the Town Police Clauses Act 1847, section 6 of the Metropolitan Police Carriage Act 1869 or under any similar enactment to use the Olympic Route Network in appropriate circumstances, and (v) proposals for ensuring that the Olympic Route Network and related restrictions should be in operation for the shortest time possible in order to achieve the purposes set out in subsection (1) and (2).””””