Confirmation of byelaws11
Subsections (3) to (8) and (11) of section 236 and section 238 of the Local Government Act of 1972 (which relate to the procedure for making, and evidence of byelaws) shall apply to any byelaws made by the Trustees as if the Trustees were a local authority and the Clerk to the Trustees were a proper officer of a local authority; and as if, in subsection (7) of section 236 of that Act, after the words “the confirming authority may confirm” there were inserted the words “with or without modifications” and at the end of that subsection there were added the following proviso—
Provided that where the Secretary of State proposes to make a modification to a byelaw which appears to him to be substantial he shall inform the Trustees and require them to take any steps which he considers to be necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with the modification; and he shall not confirm the byelaws until such period has elapsed as he thinks reasonable for the consideration of, and comment upon, the proposed modification by the Trustees and by any other persons who have, or are likely to have, been informed of it