SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 26E+W PROCEDURE RELATING TO BYELAWS MADE BY THE [F1APPROPRIATE AGENCY]

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Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Sch. 26 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 1999/1746, arts. 1(1), 4(3) (with art. 2) (the exclusion coming into force immediately before the principal appointed day (1.7.1999 appointed by S.I. 1998/3178, art. 3))

C2Sch. 26 applied (15.8.2002) by S.I. 2002/1998, art. 17(14) (with art. 33)

Confirmation with or without modificationsE+W

2(1)Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the relevant Minister, with or without a local inquiry, may refuse to confirm any byelaw submitted to him by the [F2appropriate agency] for confirmation under this Schedule, or may confirm the byelaw either without or, if the [F2appropriate agency] consents, with modifications.E+W

(2)The [F2appropriate agency] shall, if so directed by the relevant Minister, cause notice of any proposed modifications to be given in accordance with his directions.

(3)A byelaw made by the [F2appropriate agency] under paragraph 4 of Schedule 25 to this Act shall be confirmed without a local inquiry only if—

(a)no written objection to its confirmation has been received by the relevant Minister;

(b)every objection to its confirmation which has been so received has been withdrawn; or

(c)in the opinion of that Minister the person making the objection has no material interest in the controlled waters to which the byelaw relates;

and in relation to any such byelaw sub-paragraph (1) above shall have effect with the substitution for the words “if the [F2appropriate agency] consents" of the words “ after consultation with the [F2appropriate agency] ”.

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