17(1)Section 24 (construction of new highways and provision of road-ferries) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (1)—
(a)after “Minister” insert “ or a strategic highways company ”;
(b)omit “, with the approval of the Treasury,”;
(c)after “he”, wherever occurring, insert “ or it ”;
(d)in paragraph (d), after “him” insert “ or it ”;
(e)in the words following paragraph (d), after “his” insert “ or its ”.
(3)After subsection (1) insert—
“(1A)Where a strategic highways company proposes to construct a highway which will communicate with a highway for which another strategic highways company is the highway authority, the communication shall not be made unless the manner in which it is to be made has been approved by the Secretary of State.”
(4)In subsection (2)—
(a)after the first “Minister” insert “ or a strategic highways company ”;
(b)after the second “Minister” insert “ or the company ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 1 para. 17 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)