PART 1 E+WSetting a Road Investment Strategy
IntroductoryE+W
1(1)This Part specifies the procedure by which a Road Investment Strategy is set.E+W
(2)It does not apply to the first Road Investment Strategy under section 3 where it is published and laid before Parliament by the Secretary of State within a year of that section coming into force.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 1 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
Step 1: the Secretary of State's proposalsE+W
2(1)The Secretary of State must provide a strategic highways company with proposals for a Road Investment Strategy.E+W
(2)The proposals must include details of—
(a)the objectives to be achieved by the company,
(b)the financial resources to be provided by the Secretary of State for the purpose of achieving those objectives, and
(c)the period to which the proposals relate.
(3)The Secretary of State must—
(a)specify a date before which the company is to respond, and
(b)provide the company with—
(i)a statement of his or her general strategy in respect of highways for which the company is the highway authority, and
(ii)such other information in support of the proposals as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
Step 2: the strategic highways company's responseE+W
3(1)Having been provided with proposals under paragraph 2, the strategic highways company must respond to the Secretary of State—E+W
(a)agreeing to the proposals, or
(b)making counter-proposals.
(2)The company must respond before the date specified by the Secretary of State in accordance with paragraph 2(3)(a).
Commencement Information
I3Sch. 2 para. 3 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
Step 3: where the strategic highways company has agreed to the proposalsE+W
4(1)Where the strategic highways company has agreed to proposals under paragraph 2, the Secretary of State may publish those proposals as the Road Investment Strategy.E+W
(2)The Secretary of State may only publish proposals under sub-paragraph (1) if satisfied that appropriate consultation has taken place.
(3)Publication under sub-paragraph (1) may be in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Commencement Information
I4Sch. 2 para. 4 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
Step 4: where the strategic highways company has made counter-proposals or failed to respondE+W
5(1)Where the strategic highways company has made counter-proposals to the Secretary of State's proposals under paragraph 3, or has failed to respond before the date specified, the Secretary of State may—E+W
(a)provide the company with revised proposals under paragraph 2, or
(b)publish as the Road Investment Strategy—
(i)the Secretary of State's proposals, or
(ii)the company's counter-proposals.
(2)The Secretary of State may only publish proposals under sub-paragraph (1)(b) if satisfied that appropriate consultation has taken place.
(3)Publication under sub-paragraph (1)(b) may be in such manner as the Secretary of State considers appropriate.
Commencement Information
I5Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 5.3.2015 by S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)