Highways Act 1980

Supplemental provisions

201 Right of local authority to retain deposited plans

(1) Where new street byelaws require plans deposited in pursuance of the byelaws to be deposited in duplicate, the council concerned may retain one copy of any plans so deposited, whether the plans are passed or not.

(2) A council may retain any plans deposited with and passed by them in pursuance of any enactment regulating the construction of new streets for the time being in force in their area.

202 Interpretation of Part X

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—

(a) "new street byelaws" has the meaning provided by section 186(4) above;

(b) " the appropriate period ", in relation to the passing or rejection of plans, means one month, but new street byelaws for the area of a council whose meetings are normally held not more frequently than once a month may provide that, in the case of plans deposited less than 3 clear days before a meeting of the council, the appropriate period shall be 5 weeks;

(c) references to plans include references to sections, specifications and written particulars; and

(d) references to the passing of plans, in relation to any enactment or byelaw (not being an enactment contained in this Act or a byelaw made under it), include references to the approval of plans.