PART 4Temporary Orders
Scope of this Part
19. This Part applies in relation to temporary orders.
Consultation
20. A National Park authority must, before making a temporary order in relation to a road, consult—
(a)any authority which is the highway authority for the road;
(b)the parish or town council (if any) for the area in which the road is situated;
(c)any local access forum for the area in which the road is situated;
(d)Natural England, if the road is within or partly within an SSSI; and
(e)such other organisations (if any) representing persons likely to be affected by any provision in the order as the National Park authority thinks it appropriate to consult.
Notice of making temporary order
21.—(1) Not less than 7 days before making a temporary order the National Park authority must publish notice of its intention to make the order—
(a)in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the road to which the order relates is situated; and
(b)on its website.
(2) The notice must state—
(a)the details specified in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 2;
(b)the reason or purpose for making the order;
(c)where applicable, the alternative routes available for diverted traffic;
(d)the date on which the National Park authority proposes to bring the order into force; and
(e)the duration of the order.
(3) The National Park authority must, on or before the day on which the order is made, give notice of the order to the chief officer of police for the area in which the road to which the order relates is situated.
(4) Within 14 days of making an order, the National Park authority must publish a notice—
(a)in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the road to which the order relates is situated; and
(b)on its website.
(5) The notice under paragraph (4) must state—
(a)the details specified in paragraphs 1 to 4 of Part 3 of Schedule 2;
(b)the date on which the order came into force; and
(c)the matters set out in paragraph (2)(b), (c) and (e).
(6) No provision of a temporary order may come into force before the date on which the National Park authority publishes a notice in accordance with paragraphs (4) and (5).
Notices to be displayed on road
22.—(1) This regulation applies where a National Park authority has made a temporary order.
(2) The authority must, before the order comes into force, display a notice stating the effect of the order in a prominent position at each end of the length of road to which the order relates.
(3) If the effect of the order is to require vehicles or persons, or any class of vehicles or persons, to divert from the road—
(a)the authority must also display such a notice at all the points at which such diversion is required; and
(b)the notice must also state, or include a map showing, the alternative routes available.
(4) Each such notice must be displayed throughout the period during which the order is in force.
(5) The National Park authority must take all reasonable steps during that period to ensure that the notices remain displayed and in a legible condition, or are promptly replaced as often as necessary.
Continuation of order by direction of the Secretary of State
23.—(1) This regulation has effect where the Secretary of State gives a direction under section 15(3) or (5) of the 1984 Act(1) in relation to a temporary order.
(2) The National Park authority must, within 14 days after receiving the direction, publish notice of the direction—
(a)in a newspaper circulating in the area in which the road to which the order relates is situated; and
(b)on its website.
(3) The notice must state—
(a)the reason or purpose for the making of the order;
(b)where applicable, the alternative routes available for diverted traffic; and
(c)the date on which the order would expire if no further direction were to be given under section 15(3) or (5) of the 1984 Act and the order were neither revoked or amended.
(4) In the case of a direction given under section 15(3) of the 1984 Act, the National Park authority must, within 7 days after receiving the direction, give notice of the direction to the chief officer of police for the area in which any road to which the order relates is situated.
Paragraphs (3) and (5) of section 15 of the 1984 Act have effect in relation to a temporary order made by a National Park authority by virtue of section 22BB(3) of the 1984 Act, as inserted by section 72 of the Natural Environment and Rural Communities Act 2006 (c.16).