# The Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) (No. 2) Order 1996, Article 5: Local highway authority (minister) (No. 2) agreement


An agreement is a local highway authority (minister) (No. 2) agreement if it is an agreement to which each of the following subparagraphs of this article applies:
(a) it is an agreement between the Secretary of State and a local authority, which is a county council, a county borough council, a unitary district council, a metropolitan district council or a London borough council, with respect to a trunk road or trunk road connected land, where:
(i) such road or land is inside the local authority’s area; or
(ii) if such road or land is outside the local authority’s area but within a London borough, a unitary district or a non-metropolitan county in England, the council of that borough, district or county has consented to the agreement between the local authority and the Secretary of State; or
(iii) if such road or land is outside the local authority’s area, but within a metropolitan district or within a county or county borough in Wales, the authority has consulted the council of that district, county or county borough prior to entering into the agreement with the Secretary of State;
(b) the agreement is not a local highway authority (minister) agreement within the meaning of article 7 of the Local Authorities (Goods and Services) (Public Bodies) (Trunk Roads) Order 1996; and
(c) the agreement does not provide for the delegation of any of the Secretary of State’s functions referred to in section 6(1) of the 1980 Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/1814/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-goods-and-services-public-bodies-trunk-roads-no-2-order-1996/article-5
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