Planning and Development Act, 2000
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PART XX Amendments of Roads Act, 1993 | ||
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Amendment of section 57 of Roads Act, 1993. |
271.— Section 57 of the Roads Act, 1993 , is hereby amended— | |
(a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (1): | ||
“(1) A road authority may prepare a scheme for the establishment of a system of tolls in respect of the use of a public road.”, | ||
(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution for “In making a toll scheme” of “In preparing a scheme under subsection (1)”, | ||
(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme prepared under subsection (1)”, | ||
(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme under subsection (1)”, | ||
(e) by the substitution of the following for subsection (5): | ||
“(5) A road authority may prepare a scheme amending a toll scheme adopted by it under section 58.”, | ||
(f) in subsection (6), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme prepared under subsection (1)”, and | ||
(g) by the substitution of the following for subsection (7): | ||
“(7) (a) The Authority shall, before adopting, under section 58, a scheme prepared under subsection (1) in relation to a national road, send a copy of the scheme to the appropriate road authority under section 13 and serve a notice on the road authority stating— | ||
(i) that a scheme under subsection (1) has been prepared, and | ||
(ii) that representations may be made in writing to the Authority in relation to the scheme before such date as is specified in the notice (being not less than 6 weeks from the date of service of the notice). | ||
(b) The Authority shall consider any representations made to it pursuant to a notice under paragraph (a). | ||
(c) The making of representations by a road authority under this subsection shall be a reserved function and shall be without prejudice to the right of that authority to make objections to the Authority under section 58.”. |