SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 22 Stopping up orders by London councils

Temporary highway orders: mineral workings

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1

Section 261 shall be amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) (Secretary of State’s power to order stopping up or diversion of highway for working of minerals)—

a

after “Secretary of State” there shall be inserted “ or the council of a London borough ”, and

b

after “him” there shall be inserted “ or, as the case may be, the council ”.

3

In subsection (3) (additional provision in order under section 261)—

a

for “or, as the case may be,” there shall be substituted “ , the council of the London borough or ”, and

b

after “authority” there shall be inserted “ (as the case may be) ”.