65 Powers and duties of [traffic] authorities as to placing of traffic signs.E+W+S
[(1)The traffic authority may cause or permit traffic signs to be placed on or near a road, subject to and in conformity with such general directions ... or such other directions as may be given by the [relevant authority] .]
[(1A)The power to give general directions under subsection (1) above includes power to require equipment used in connection with traffic signs to be of a type approved in accordance with the directions.]
[(2)The [relevant authority] may give directions to [a strategic highways company or] a local traffic authority—]
(a)for the placing of a traffic sign of any prescribed type or authorised character specified in the directions, or
(b)for replacing a sign so specified by, or converting it into, a sign of another prescribed type or authorised character so specified.
(3)The power [of the Secretary of State] [ or the Welsh Ministers] to give general directions under subsection (1) above shall be exercisable by statutory instrument.
[(3ZA)The power of the Scottish Ministers to give general directions under subsection (1) is to be exercisable by Scottish statutory instrument.
(3ZB)Before giving a general direction under subsection (1) the Secretary of State must consult with [ the Welsh Ministers and] the Scottish Ministers.
(3ZC)Before [the Welsh Ministers or the Scottish Ministers give a general direction under subsection (1) they] must consult with the Secretary of State.]
[(3A)No charge may be made—
(a)in England and Wales, by a highway authority which is the council of a county, metropolitan district or London borough or the Common Council of the City of London, or
(b)in Scotland, by a local roads authority,
with respect to the exercise of their power under subsection (1) above to permit a traffic sign to be placed on or near any road in their area if—
(i)the sign conveys information of a temporary nature or is otherwise intended to be placed only temporarily; and
(ii)the sign is to be placed by a body which is prescribed [in regulations made by the [relevant authority]] for the purposes of this subsection as being a body appearing to the [relevant authority] to be representative of the interests of road users or any class of road users.]
(4)In this section—
[(5)In this section “"relevant authority”” means—
(a)in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning of the Scotland Act 1998, means the Scottish Ministers;
(b)in relation to a function so far as exercisable within devolved competence, within the meaning given by section 58A(7) and (8) of the Government of Wales Act 2006, means the Welsh Ministers;
(c)otherwise, means the Secretary of State.]
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