[15 Duration of orders and notices under s 14]

[15  Duration of orders and notices under s 14]

[(1)     Subject to subsections (2), (3) and (5) below, an order under section 14 of this Act shall not continue in force—

(a)     if it is in respect of a footpath, bridleway, [restricted byway,] cycle track or byway open to all traffic, for more than six months; and

(b)     in any other case, for more than eighteen months,

from the date on which it comes into force.

(2)     The time-limit of eighteen months in subsection (1) above shall not apply to an order made for the reason mentioned in section 14(1)(a) of this Act if the authority making it are satisfied, and it is stated in the order that they are satisfied, that the execution of the works in question will take longer; but in any such case the authority shall revoke the order as soon as the works are completed.

(3)     Where an order subject to the time-limit of eighteen months in subsection (1) above (in this subsection referred to as “the temporary order”) has not ceased to be in force and the [national authority] is satisfied that—

(a)     an order which the authority

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