Forth Crossing Act 2011

13 Roads to be transferred to local roads authorities S

(1) Ministers must, before beginning a work specified in column (3) of schedule 6—

(a) consult the relevant local roads authority listed in column (4) of schedule 6, and

(b) consider any representations by the authority on the carrying out of that work.

(2) Each road identified in schedule 6 is transferred to the local roads authority listed for that road in column (4) of that schedule on its transfer date.

(3) The transfer date for a road identified in schedule 6 is the next 1st April following the date on which Ministers notify the local roads authority that the road is opened for the purposes of through traffic.

(4) Section 112 of the 1984 Act applies (with any necessary modifications) to the transfer of such a road to the local roads authority, whether or not the road in question is a trunk road.

Commencement Information

I1 S. 13 in force at 18.3.2011 by S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, Sch.