Part I Regulations Governing Exercise of Powers

SCHEDULE 7 Maintenance of Certain Highways by District Councils

Sections 42, 50, 230

Part I Regulations Governing Exercise of Powers

1

Before exercising the relevant powers in relation to any highway in respect of which those powers are exercisable, the council of a district shall give notice of their intention to do so to the county council who are the local highway authority, specifying the highway or highways concerned.

In this Schedule “the relevant powers†means the powers of a [non-metropolitan] district council under sections 42, 50(2) and 230(7) of this Act.

2

If the county council are of the opinion that any highway specified in a notice under paragraph 1 above does not fall within the relevant powers, they may, at any time within the period of 6 weeks beginning with the date on which they receive the notice, serve a counter-notice on the district council disputing the right of the district council to exercise in relation to the highway concerned any of the relevant powers; and if the dispute is not resolved by the county council and the district council within 6 weeks after the receipt of the counter-notice by the district council the dispute shall

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