The Motor Vehicles (Competitions and Trials) Regulations 1969

10.—(1) Before authorising an event the Royal Automobile Club shall not less than 6 weeks before the date on which the event is proposed to be held, or, if it is to be held on more than one date, the date on which the event is to begin, notify, in England and Wales the chief officer of police and, in Scotland, the chief constable of any police area in which the route of the event on the public highway lies, whether partially or wholly.

(2) Before authorising an event the route of which lies in whole or in part along a road in England and Wales used as a public path shown on a definitive map prepared by the council of a county or county borough or a joint planning board pursuant to section 32 of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949 the Royal Automobile Club shall consult with the highway authority for that road.

(3) Before authorising an event the route of which on the public highway lies in whole or in part in an area in England and Wales comprised in a National Park the Royal Automobile Club shall consult with the appropriate planning authority for the area concerned.

(4) In the last preceding paragraph of this Regulation the expression “appropriate planning authority” has the meaning assigned to it in section 6(6) of the National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949.