SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 7 U.K. Highways, Road Traffic and Transport

Part I E+W+S Highways

The Highways Act 1980 (c. 66) E+W

2 (1) Section 6 of that Act (delegation etc. of functions with respect to trunk roads) is amended as follows. E+W

(2) After subsection (1A) of that section insert—

“(1B) The Minister shall not delegate functions to a council under subsection (1) above with respect to a trunk road or land outside their area but in Wales except after consultation with the Welsh council in whose area it is situated; and subsection (1A) does not apply in relation to a trunk road or land in Wales.”.

(3) In subsection (6) of that section—

(a) after “the county council” insert “ (the “responsible council”) ”;

(b) after first “district council” insert “ or Welsh council (the “contracting council”) ”; and

(c) for “district” in the second place in which it occurs substitute “ contracting ”.

(4) In subsection (6A) of that section, for “district council” substitute “ contracting council ” and after paragraph (b) insert—

“(c) with respect to a trunk road or land in Wales but outside the area—

(i) of the responsible council; and

(ii) of the contracting council,

except after consultation with the Welsh council in whose area the trunk road or land is situated.”