The Control of Off-Street Parking (England and Wales) Order 1978

1.—(1) Before deciding to propose the making of regulations under this Order with respect to any matter, the county council shall consult with such representative organisations as they think fit and, if after such consultation they decide to make such a proposal, they shall cause to be published in the London Gazette and in one or more local newspapers circulating in the area to which the regulations will relate a notice stating that they propose to make such regulations, giving a summary of their effect, and specifying—

(a) a place at which provisional draft regulations may be inspected at all reasonable hours and from which a copy of those draft regulations may be obtained on request; and

(b) a date (not being earlier than six weeks after the date of publication of the notice) by which representations with respect to the draft regulations, which should include the grounds for any objection thereto, must be sent in writing to the county council;

and on causing such a notice to be published the county council shall send a copy of the notice and of the draft regulations to the Secretary of State and to each local authority the whole or part of whose area is for the time being, or would under the draft regulations become, a controlled area; and the county council shall not make any regulations in pursuance of the proposal to which the notice relates before the expiration of the period of twelve weeks beginning with the date when the notice is published.

(2) Before deciding to propose the designation of a controlled area under this Order, the county council shall consult organisations representative of the disabled.