Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6 Provisions as to Making, Confirmation, Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders Relating to Footpaths and Bridleways

PART II Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders Relating to Footpaths and Bridleways

4 As soon as may be after an order to which this Schedule applies has been confirmed or made by the Secretary of State or confirmed as an unopposed order, the authority by whom the order was made or, in the case of an order made by the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State, shall publish, in the manner required in relation to the class of order in question by paragraph 1(3) above, a notice in the prescribed form describing the general effect of the order, stating that it has been confirmed or made, and naming a place where a copy of it as confirmed or made may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours, and—

(a) where under paragraph 1(3) above notice was required to be served, shall serve a like notice and a copy of the order as confirmed or made on any persons on whom notices were required to be served under the said paragraph 1(3) or under paragraph 1(4) above; and

(b) where under paragraph 1(3) above a notice was required to be displayed, shall cause a like notice to be displayed in the like manner as the notice required to be displayed under the said paragraph 1(3);

but no such notice or copy need be served on a person unless he has sent to the authority or the Secretary of State (according as the notice or copy would require to be served by an authority or by the Secretary of State) a request in that behalf specifying an address for service.

5 Schedule 2 to this Act (except paragraph 1 thereof) applies in relation to an order to which this Schedule applies as it applies in relation to a scheme or order to which that Schedule applies, but with the following modifications:—

(a) for references to a scheme or order to which that Schedule applies substitute references to an order to which this Schedule applies;

(b) for the references in paragraphs 2, 4 and 5 thereof to the date on which the notice required by paragraph 1 thereof is first published substitute references to the date on which the notice required by paragraph 4 above is first published ; and

(c) paragraph 4 of that Schedule has effect as if the words " or on such later date, if any, as may be specified in the scheme or order " were omitted.

6 In this Part of this Schedule "prescribed" means prescribed by regulations made by the Secretary of State.