(1)The Secretary of State (as respects England) or the National Assembly for Wales (as respects Wales) may make regulations requiring local highway authorities of a description specified in the regulations to publish reports on the performance of any of their functions so far as relating to local rights of way (whether or not those functions are conferred on them as highway authorities).
(2)Subsection (1) is without prejudice to section 230 of the [1972 c. 70.] Local Government Act 1972 (reports and returns).
(3)Regulations under subsection (1) may prescribe the information to be given in such reports and how and when reports are to be published.
(4)Regulations under subsection (1) shall be made by statutory instrument, and a statutory instrument containing such regulations made by the Secretary of State shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(5)In this section—
“local highway authority” has the same meaning as in the 1980 Act, except that it does not include Transport for London; and
“local rights of way” has the same meaning as in section 60.