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4(1)Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, the Secretary of State may, in connection with the construction of the A2 and M2 improvement works—E+W+S+N.I.
(a)stop up any private means of access to premises adjoining or adjacent to any land—
(i)comprised in the route of any highway which becomes, by virtue of paragraph 6 below, a special road, or
(ii)forming part of the site of any works authorised by this Part of this Act,
and
(b)provide a new means of access to any such premises.
(2)No means of access shall be stopped up under this paragraph unless the Secretary of State is satisfied—
(a)that no access to the premises is reasonably required, or
(b)that another reasonably convenient means of access to the premises is available or will be provided under this paragraph or otherwise.
(3)In determining for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) above whether a means of access to any premises from a highway is or will be reasonably convenient, the Secretary of State shall have regard—
(a)to the need, if any, for a means of access from the highway to different places on those premises, and
(b)to any roads, paths or other ways on those or other premises which are or will be capable of providing such a means.
(4)The provision under this paragraph of a new means of access to any premises from a highway includes the provision of a road, path or other way on those or any other premises.
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