Highways Act 1980

202Interpretation of Part X

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

(a)"new street byelaws" has the meaning provided by section 186(4) above;

(b)" the appropriate period ", in relation to the passing or rejection of plans, means one month, but new street byelaws for the area of a council whose meetings are normally held not more frequently than once a month may provide that, in the case of plans deposited less than 3 clear days before a meeting of the council, the appropriate period shall be 5 weeks;

(c)references to plans include references to sections, specifications and written particulars; and

(d)references to the passing of plans, in relation to any enactment or byelaw (not being an enactment contained in this Act or a byelaw made under it), include references to the approval of plans.