Statutory Instruments

1986 No. 1858

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Highways (Road Humps) (Local Inquiries) Regulations 1986

Made

23rd October 1986

Laid before Parliament

10th November 1986

Coming into Operation

1st December 1986

The Secretary of State for Transport as respects England and the Secretary of State for Wales as respects Wales in exercise of the powers conferred by section 90C(5) of the Highways Act 1980(1), and after consultation with representative organisations in accordance with section 90C(6) of that Act, hereby makes the following Regulations:—

Citation and commencement

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Highways (Road Humps) (Local Inquiries) Regulations 1986 and shall come into operation on 1st December 1986.

Modification of subsections (4) and (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972

2. In subsections (4) and (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 (Ministers' powers in relation to costs arising out of certain local inquiries), as having effect in relation to inquiries held in pursuance of section 90C(4) of the Highways Act 1980 by virtue of subsection (5) of that section, references to “Minister” shall, in the case of a local inquiry held under the said section 90C(4) by a local highway authority, be construed as references to “local highway authority”.

John Moore

Secretary of State for Transport

23rd October 1986

Nicholas Edwards

Secretary of State for Wales

23rd October 1986

EXPLANATORY NOTE

These Regulations amend subsections (4) and (5) of section 250 of the Local Government Act 1972 in their application to local inquiries held in pursuance of section 90C(4) of the Highways Act 1980 by a local highway authority.

(1)

sections 62 and 329 were amended by, and sections 90A to 90F were inserted by section 32 of, and Part 1 of Schedule 10 to, the Transport Act 1981 (c. 56).