16(1)In consenting to any order submitted [F1for ] consent under this Part of this Schedule, the Secretary of State [F2or the Scottish Ministers] may consent to the order either in the form in which it is submitted F3... or with such modifications as he [F4or they think] fit, which may include additions, exceptions, or other modifications of any description.E+W+S
(2)[F5Sub-paragraph (3) applies where] the Secretary of State [F6or the Scottish Ministers propose] to consent to such an order with modifications which appear to him [F7or them] substantially to affect the character of the order as submitted F8...
[F9(3)The Secretary of State or the Scottish Ministers ]shall, before doing so, take such steps as appear to him [F10 or them] to be sufficient and reasonably practicable for informing the [F11traffic] authority in question and other persons likely to be concerned.
Textual Amendments
F1Word in Sch. 9 para. 16(1) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(8)(a)
F2Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(1) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(8)(b)
F3Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(1) omitted (23.5.2016) by virtue of Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(8)(c)
F4Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(1) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(8)(d)
F5Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(a)
F6Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) substituted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(b)
F7Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(c)
F8Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) omitted (23.5.2016) by virtue of Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(d)
F9Sch. 9 para. 16(3) substituted for word (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(e)
F10Words in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) inserted (23.5.2016) by Scotland Act 2016 (c. 11), s. 72(7), Sch. 2 para. 15(9)(f)
F11Word in Sch. 9 para. 16(2) substituted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 100(8); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Sch. 9 para. 16: Transfer of certain functions (1.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/1750, arts. 1, 2, Sch. 1 (with art. 7); S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3