The Transport and Works Applications (Inland Waterways Procedure) Regulations 1993

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations make provision for the assimilation of the procedures for—

(a) the making of applications for orders under section 6, and proposals for orders under section 7, of the Transport and Works Act 1992, and

(b) the making of orders under section 104(3), 105(3) or 112 of the Transport Act 1968,

and the holding of inquiries in respect thereof, when an order under the 1968 Act is required in consequence of proposals contained in an application under, or made by virtue of, the 1992 Act.

The principal modifications made to the procedures are—

(i) a person making an application for an order under section 6 of the 1992 Act must submit with his application a draft of the proposed order under the 1968 Act;

(ii) in such a case, the procedures laid down by the 1968 Act for publicity and for the notification of and consultation with interested bodies are altered;

(iii) the rules applying to inquiries held under the 1992 Act into applications for, or proposals by the Secretary of State to make, orders under that Act are applied to concurrent inquiries held under the 1968 Act.