Paragraph 10

England and Wales

F1(1)

Where the Minister proposes to make a scheme under section 16 of this Act, or where a scheme under that section or section 106(3) of this Act is submitted to the Minister by a F2... highway authority, the Minister or that authority, as the case may be, shall publish in at least one local newspaper circulating in the area in which the special road, or, as the case may be, the site of the bridge or tunnel, to which the scheme relates is situated, and in the London Gazette, a notice—

(a)

stating the general effect of the proposed scheme;

(b)

naming a place in the said area where a copy of a draft of the scheme or of the scheme as submitted to the Minister, as the case may be, and of any map or plan referred to in it may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period specified in the notice, being a period of not less than F3the minimum period specified in sub-paragraph (2); and

(c)

stating that, within the said period, any person may by notice to the Minister object to the making or confirmation of the scheme.

F4(2)

The minimum period is—

(a)

30 days from the date of the publication of the notice, in the case of a scheme proposed by, or submitted to, the Secretary of State;

(b)

6 weeks from the date of the publication of the notice, in the case of a scheme proposed by, or submitted to, the Welsh Ministers.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 1 para. 10 renumbered as Sch. 1 para. 10(1) (1.9.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 33(5)(a), 118(1)(s) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 4(a) (with reg. 7)
F2: Word in Sch. 1 para. 10 omitted (5.3.2015) by virtue of Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 63(7); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)
F3: Words in Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(b) substituted (1.9.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 33(5)(b), 118(1)(s) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 4(a) (with reg. 7)
F4: Sch. 1 para. 10(2) inserted (1.9.2026) by Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025 (c. 34), ss. 33(5)(c), 118(1)(s) (with s. 116); S.I. 2026/641, reg. 4(a) (with reg. 7)

Notes on Schedule 1

Modifications

C1: Functions under paras. 7, 8, 14, 15, 18, 19 and 21 so far as exercisable jointly by Minister of Transport and Secretary of State now exercisable by Secretary of State for Transport: S.I. 1981/238, art. 2(1)(b)