Trunk Roads Act 1936

2 Subsection (4) of section one of the said Act (which empowers the Minister, in default of the authority, to adopt or alter a standard width) shall not apply in relation to a trunk road, but the Minister may, if after consultation with the authority it appears to him to be expedient, make an order—

(a) in the case of a trunk road in respect of which no standard width has been adopted by the authority, adopting a standard width;

(b) in a case where a standard width has been adopted, altering the standard width;

and the order shall be deemed to be a resolution passed by the authority and approved by him :

Provided that,—

(i) before making any such order, the Minister shall cause to be advertised in two or more newspapers circulating in the locality in which the road is situated and to be sent to any person whose name and address are for the time being entered on the register kept by the authority in accordance with the provisions of the said Act, notice of his intention to make the order, specifying the places and times at which plans may be inspected, showing the standard width proposed to be prescribed thereby and the time within which and the manner in which objection can be made to the making of the order; and, before making the order, the Minister shall consider any objections duly made within the time aforesaid and shall, unless he considers it unnecessary so to do, hold a local inquiry; and

(ii) paragraph (i) of subsection (1) of section three of the said Act shall accordingly have effect as if for the reference to the date on which notice of the passing of the resolution adopting a standard width was first advertised in accordance with the provisions of the said Act there were substituted a reference to the date on which notice of the Minister's intention to make an order prescribing a standard width was first advertised in accordance with the provisions of this paragraph.