15.—(1) Subject to the provisions of this article and the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the road concerned is situated, the undertaker may, in so far as may be expedient or necessary for the purposes of or in connection with the construction of the authorised development or any other development necessary for the authorised development that takes place within the Order limits, at any time prior to when the authorised development first becomes operational—
(a)permit, prohibit or restrict the stopping, parking, waiting, loading or unloading of vehicles on any road; and
(b)make provision as to the direction or priority of vehicular traffic on any road,
either at all times or at times, on days or during such periods as may be specified by the undertaker.
(2) The undertaker must not exercise the powers under paragraph (1) of this article unless it has—
(a)given not less than 4 weeks' notice in writing of its intention so to do to the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated; and
(b)advertised its intention in such manner as the traffic authority may specify in writing within 7 days of its receipt of notice of the undertaker's intention in the case of sub-paragraph (a).
(3) Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the undertaker under article 11 (temporary prohibition or restriction of use of streets) or paragraph (1) of this article has effect as if duly made by, as the case may be—
(a)the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated as a traffic regulation order under the 1984 Act; or
(b)the local authority in whose area the road is situated as an order under section 32 (power of local authorities to provide parking places) of the 1984 Act,
and the instrument by which it is effected is deemed to be a traffic order for the purposes of Schedule 7 (road traffic contraventions subject to civil enforcement) to the Traffic Management Act 2004 M1.
(4) In this article—
(a)subject to sub-paragraph (b) expressions used in this article and in the 1984 Act have the same meaning; and
(b)a “road” means a road that is a public highway maintained by and at the expense of the traffic authority.