The Secretary of State for Transport Order 1976

2.—(1) In subsection (4) of section 14 of the Highways Act 1971 after the words “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of an order or scheme proposed to be made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State and the planning Minister acting jointly”.

(2) In subsection (5) of the said section 14 after the words “Secretary of State”, in the first place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of an order or scheme proposed to be made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State and the planning Minister acting jointly”.

(3) In subsection (6) of the said section 14 for the word “has”, in the first place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the words “or the Secretary of State and the planning Minister acting jointly have,” and after the words “Secretary of State”, in the second place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or, as the case may be, those Ministers”.

(4) In subsection (8) of the said section 14 after the words “Secretary of State”, in the third place where they occur, there shall be inserted the words “or, in the case of an order proposed to be made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State and the planning Minister acting jointly” and for the words “his opinion” there shall be substituted the words “his or their opinion”.

(5) After subsection (8) of the said section 14 there shall be inserted the following subsection:—

“(8A) In this section and in section 15 of this Act `the planning Minister' has the same meaning as in Schedule 1 to the principal Act and references to the Secretary of State and the planning Minister acting jointly shall be construed as if they were contained in that Schedule.”