(1)This section applies to the exercise by a local highway authority, local traffic authority or street authority of a function if the exercise might reasonably be expected to affect—
(a)the implementation of the Olympic Transport Plan,
(b)any part of the Olympic Route Network,
(c)travel to or from a London Olympic event, or
(d)other travel for a purpose connected with the London Olympics.
(2)An authority may not exercise a function unless—
(a)it has notified the Olympic Delivery Authority, and
(b)either—
(i)the Authority has approved the exercise of the function, or
(ii)the period of thirty days beginning with the date on which the notification is sent to the Authority expires without the Authority sending an objection in writing to the authority, or
(iii)any objection sent under sub-paragraph (ii) has been withdrawn in writing, or
(iv)the Secretary of State, having considered any objection sent under sub-paragraph (ii), has approved the exercise of the function.
(3)The Secretary of State may by order specify circumstances in which subsection (2) shall not apply or shall apply with modifications (whether by reason of urgency or otherwise); and the order may, in particular, define a class of circumstances wholly or partly by reference to the opinion of an authority.
(4)An order under subsection (3)—
(a)shall be made by statutory instrument, and
(b)shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)The Olympic Delivery Authority—
(a)may take steps to reverse or change the effect of anything done in contravention of subsection (2),
(b)for that purpose, shall have all the powers of the person, and
(c)may recover from the person, as if it were a debt, the reasonable cost of taking action under paragraph (a).
(6)The Secretary of State shall consult the Olympic Delivery Authority before exercising a function relating to a road in a Royal Park if he thinks the exercise will or may affect—
(a)the implementation of the Olympic Transport Plan,
(b)part of the Olympic Route Network,
(c)travel to or from a London Olympic event, or
(d)other travel for a purpose connected with the London Olympics.
(7)Section 183 of the Greater London Authority Act 1999 (c. 29) (addition or variation of network services) shall not apply in relation to the provision of network services, within the meaning of that Act, during the London Olympics period.