Section 8 Stopping up and diversion of highways.C1

The powers conferred on the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation by section forty-nine of the M1Town and Country Planning Act, 1947 (which empowers that Minister to authorise by order the stopping up or diversion of a highway where he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so to enable land to be developed) shall also be exercisable where—

Where, in the circumstances specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of the foregoing subsection, it appears to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation that it is not necessary that the highway should be stopped up or diverted for more than a limited period, an order under the said section forty-nine, including an order made by virtue of subsection (7) of that section (which authorises the stopping up or diversion of a highway temporarily stopped up or diverted under any other enactment) instead of providing for the permanent stopping up or diversion of the highway may provide for its stopping up or diversion during such period as may be prescribed by or under the order and for its restoration at the expiration of that period:

Any order made by virtue of the last foregoing subsection which provides for the provision of another highway in substitution for a highway stopped up by the order may also contain such provisions as appear to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation to be expedient for the stopping up, at the expiration of the period prescribed by or under the order, of that other highway and for the original highway to be reconstructed at the expense of such of the Ministers referred to in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section as may be specified in the order and thereafter maintained by any person who would for the time being have been liable for its maintenance if it had never been stopped up.

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In the application of this section to Scotland, for references to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, to the M2Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, and to section forty-nine of that Act there shall be substituted respectively references to the Secretary of State, to the M3Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act, 1947, and to section forty-six of that Act.

In the application of this Act to Northern Ireland, the provisions of the Third Schedule to this Act shall have effect in lieu of the foregoing provisions of this section.