Highways Act 1980

14 (1) Notwithstanding anything in section 1(2) of the Act of 1946 or in paragraph 9 of Schedule 1 to that Act, neither— E+W

(a) an order authorising a highway authority to acquire a right compulsorily as mentioned in section 242(3) of this Act, nor

(b) an order made as mentioned in section 254(1) of this Act, or so made and confirmed,

is, where notice of the making or preparation in draft of the order was first published before the 6th April 1976, subject to special parliamentary procedure by reason only of its authorising the acquisition of any such right as is mentioned in the said section 242(3) or, as the case may be, the said section 254(1).

(2) Sub-paragraph (1) above is without prejudice to the operation of section 120 of the M1 Local Goverment, Planning and Land Act 1980 (which re-enacts with modifications section 41 of the M2 Community Land Act 1975) in relation to any such order as is mentioned in that sub-paragraph where notice of the making or preparation in draft of the order was or is first published on or after 6th April 1976.

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 65.

M2 1975 c. 77.