The Secretary of State’s Traffic Orders (Procedure) (England and Wales) Regulations 1990

Publication of proposals

6.—(1) Before making an order the Secretary of State shall—

(a) publish once at least in a local newspaper circulating in the area in which any road or other place to which the order relates is situated a notice of proposals containing the particulars specified in Part I of Schedule 1;

(b) publish a similar notice in the London Gazette;

(c) send to the relevant local authority a copy of the notice and a copy of the order as drafted;

(d) if it appears to the Secretary of State that it would be desirable in the interests of giving adequate publicity to the order, comply with the relevant requirements of Schedule 2 as to the notices to be displayed in each road to which the order relates;

(e) comply with the relevant requirements of Schedule 3 as to the availability of documents for inspection.

(2) Where the order is one which relates to a road, or to roads, situated in more than one locality, it shall be sufficient for the purposes of this regulation if the notice published in each local newspaper states the general nature and effect of the order so far as it affects the road or roads situated in the locality in which that newspaper circulates and names or otherwise describes only the road or roads so affected in that locality, but the notice in the London Gazette shall state the general nature and effect of the entire order and name or otherwise describe the whole road, or all the roads, to which the order relates.