The Roads (Northern Ireland) Order 1993

Restriction of access to toll roads

39.—(1) Where a toll order is in force in relation to a road subject to a concession, no other road shall be so constructed as to afford access to that road except with the consent of the concessionaire.

(2) Where a toll order is in force in relation to a road, no means of access to that road shall be constructed except with the consent of the Department and, where the road is subject to a concession, of the concessionaire.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply to—

(a) a means of access afforded by a road;

(b) a means of access to a weighbridge maintained by the Department under Article 206 of the Road Traffic Order; or

(c) a means of access constructed by or on behalf of a Northern Ireland department or a department of the Government of the United Kingdom which—

(i) affords access to premises occupied for the purposes of that department; and

(ii) the department is satisfied is reasonably required for discharging any function of the department.