What Does Part 1 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TM Act) Do?
To enable the transfer of traffic management tasks from the police to the Agency, the TM Act enables the Secretary of State to create an on-road uniformed Traffic Officer service. Traffic officers will predominately manage the traffic consequences of random highways events, such as obstructions, debris removal, accidents, and breakdowns. Specifically the TM Act enables Traffic Officers to carry out these traffic management functions by providing them with special powers similar to those that the police currently have to stop and direct traffic and place and operate temporary traffic signs. The Act also sets out the type of duties that can be assigned to Traffic Officers, defines where they can operate, and sets out offences in relation to the special powers and to traffic officers themselves.
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