PART IIIGeneral

Procedure for byelaws

30.—(1) (a) The provisions contained in subsections (3) to (8) of section 236 and section 238 of the Local Government Act 1972(1) shall apply to all byelaws made by the Council under this Order.

(b)In its application to byelaws made under this Order subsection

(7) of the said section 236 shall, subject to sub-paragraph (c) below, be construed as if it had been amended by the insertion of the words “with or without modifications” after the word “confirm” in the second place where that word occurs.

(c)Where the confirming authority proposes to make a modification which appears to him to be substantial, then—

(i)he shall inform the Council and require them to take any steps he thinks necessary for informing persons likely to be concerned with that modification; and

(ii)he shall not confirm the byelaws until there has elapsed such period as he thinks reasonable for the Council and other persons who have been informed of the proposed modification to consider and comment on it.

(2) The confirming authority for the purposes of this article and of the said section 236 in its application to byelaws made under this Order shall be the Secretary of State.