18(1)This paragraph applies where a bridge in Wales carries a highway for which the Secretary of State is not the highway authority.E+W
(2)If—
(a)part of the bridge is situated in one new principal area and part in another; and
(b)the highway authority for the bridge is not otherwise determined under or by virtue of any provision of this Act,
the highway authority for the highway carried by the bridge and the approaches to it is such one of the councils of those new principal areas as may be agreed between them before such a day as the Secretary of State may by order appoint or, in default of such agreement, as may be determined by him.
(3)Where the Secretary of State has made a determination under sub-paragraph (2) the determination—
(a)may be varied at the request of the council of either of the new principal areas concerned; and
(b)shall be varied to give effect to any request made jointly to the Secretary of State by those councils.
(4)Any such variation shall take effect on the 1st April falling not less than 3 months, and not more than 15 months, after the date on which the determination is varied.
(5)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (2), the approaches to a bridge consist of so much of the highway or highways on either side of the bridge as is situated within 100 yards of either end of the bridge.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 17 para. 18 in force at 3.4.1995, see s. 66 and S.I. 1995/852, art. 9(1), Sch. 5 (subject to art. 9(2)-(5))