Consultation outcome

Operation Brock: removing sunset clauses and provisions for EU Exit and COVID-19 pandemic from existing traffic management legislation

• From: Department for Transport
• Published: 26 May 2021
• Last updated: 9 August 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government

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Removing sunset clauses and provisions for EU Exit and COVID-19 pandemic from existing traffic management legislation: government response

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Detail of outcome

Having considered the responses received in the public consultation, the Secretary of State for Transport has published his decision on taking forward the proposals to renew and update relevant secondary legislation of the Operation Brock statutory instruments.

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Original consultation

Summary

Proposes removing Operation Brock provisions for EU exit transition period, COVID-19 provisions and the sunset clauses, originally for 31 October 2021.

This consultation ran from
10am on 26 May 2021 to 11:45pm on 20 June 2021

Consultation description

Proposals to update the legislation underpinning Operation Brock (the traffic management contingency plans used in the event of significant disruption at the Short Straits crossings in Kent). It is proposed to remove:

• provisions relating to the end of the EU Exit transition period and COVID-19 that are no longer needed
• ‘sunset clauses’ that mean the legislation will expire on 31 October 2021

By removing these clauses, Operation Brock can be used in future when there is disruption at the Short Straits (for example, from bad weather).

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Operation Brock: removing sunset clauses and provisions for EU Exit and COVID-19 pandemic from existing traffic management legislation

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Published 26 May 2021
Last updated 9 August 2021 + show all updates

1. 9 August 2021

   Added final outcome.

2. 26 May 2021

   First published.