Special Roads Act 1949

1 Where the Minister proposes to make a scheme under section one of this Act, or where a scheme under that section is submitted to the Minister by a local highway authority, the Minister or that authority, as the case may be, shah publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which the road to which the scheme relates is situated, and in the London Gazette or the Edinburgh Gazette, or in both those Gazettes, according as the scheme affects England or Scotland or both, a notice—

(a) stating the general effect of the proposed scheme ;

(b) specifying a place in the said area where copies of a draft of the scheme, or of the scheme as submitted to the Minister, as the case may be, and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period of three months from the date of the publication of the notice ; and

(c) stating that, within the said period, any person may by notice to the Minister object to the making or confirmation of the scheme.