{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-105CC",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-105CC.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/66",
  "legislation_title": "Highways Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980",
  "path": "section/105CC",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "105CC",
  "heading": "Timing of conclusion and decision",
  "text": "The project authority must—\n(a) reach the reasoned conclusion required by section 105CA(1)(b), and\n(b) decide whether or not to proceed with the relevant construction or improvement,\nwithin a reasonable period of time (having regard to the nature and complexity of the project) beginning on the day on which the authority begins the consideration required by section 105CA(1)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Pt. VA substituted (13.3.1999) by S.I. 1999/369, reg.2"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Ss. 105CA-105CD inserted (5.12.2017) by The Environmental Impact Assessment (Miscellaneous Amendments Relating to Harbours, Highways and Transport) Regulations 2017 (S.I. 2017/1070), reg. 1(1), Sch. 2 para. 6 (with Sch. 6 para. 6)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/105CC",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:39.674923+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}