30Extension toll orders
(1)Where a toll order authorises the special road authority to assign their rights under the order to charge and collect tolls and—
(a)the authority fail to do so;
(b)such an assignation terminates or is terminated within the toll period; or
(c)the authority wish to charge and collect tolls beyond the toll period,
a further order (an “extension toll order”) may be made to authorise the authority to charge and collect tolls for a new toll period.
(2)An extension toll order shall not authorise the special road authority to assign their rights under it to charge and collect tolls.
(3)An extension toll order relating to a special road for which the Secretary of State is roads authority shall be made by the Secretary of State; and an extension toll order relating to a road for which the roads authority is a local authority shall be made by that authority and confirmed by the Secretary of State.
(4)Any extension toll order must be made so as to come into force not later than—
(a)the end of the toll period under the previous toll order; or
(b)where the assignation under section 28(1) terminates or is terminated before the end of that period, two years after the termination of the assignation,
whichever is the earlier.
(5)The following provisions of this Act apply in relation to an extension toll order as in relation to a toll order under section 27(1)—
section 29(1) and (2) (the toll period)
section 31 (amount of tolls chargeable by special road authority),
section 33 (application of enactments relating to monopolies, etc.),
section 34 (variation and revocation of order),
sections 36 to 40 (further provisions with respect to tolls), and
section 41 (report by Secretary of State).
(6)The power of the Secretary of State to make or confirm an extension toll order shall be exercisable by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament; and the provisions of Schedules 1 and 2 to the [1984 c. 54.] Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (procedure in connection with orders) shall not apply to an order under this section.