# The Local Authorities (Recovery of Costs for Public Path Orders) Regulations 1993, Regulation 5: Refund of charges

Extent: E+W

The authority shall, on application by the person who requested them to make the public path order, refund a charge where—
(a) they fail to confirm an unopposed order; or
(b) having received representations or objections which have been duly made, and have not been withdrawn, the authority fail to submit the public path order to the Secretary of State for confirmation, without the agreement of the person who requested the order; or
(c) the order requested was an order made under section 26 of the 1980 Act and proceedings preliminary to the confirmation of that order were not taken concurrently with proceedings preliminary to the confirmation of an order made under section 118 of the 1980 Act; or
(d) the public path order is not confirmed by the authority or, on submission to the Secretary of State, by him, on the ground that it was invalidly made.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/407/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-authorities-recovery-of-costs-for-public-path-orders-regulations-1993/regulation-5
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