Explanatory note
England and Wales
(This note is not part of the Order)
Sections 118B and 119B of the Highways Act 1980 (inserted by paragraphs 8 and 12 of Schedule 6 to the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000) enable a council (which is a highway authority), for the purposes of crime prevention, to make orders for the stopping up or diversion of certain highways within areas designated by the Secretary of State under section 118B(1)(a) of the 1980 Act.
This Order designates areas under section 118B(1)(a) of the 1980 Act. These areas are within—
the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, and
the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan,
and are shown hatched and edged red on 2 maps numbered 83 and 84.
These maps are deposited and available for inspection at all reasonable times at the offices of—
where the designated area is within the Metropolitan Borough of Stockport, the Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Town Hall, Victoria House, Stockport SK1 3XE;
where the designated area is within the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan, the Wigan Metropolitan Borough Council, Civic Buildings, New Market Street, Wigan WN1 1RP; and
the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at Zone 1/01,Temple Quay House, 2 The Square, Temple Quay, Bristol BS1 6EB