Part 2: Local Democracy and Devolution Functions of CCAs Section 23: Contravention of regulations under section 22 Effect
This section provides that, if a CCA to which the Secretary of State has granted the power to direct under section 22 issues a direction to a local highways authority or local traffic authority and the authority to which the direction is issued fails to comply with it, then the CCA can take the necessary steps to rectify the matter.
	Subsections (2) and (3) provide that this includes the ability for the CCA to take over the relevant powers of the directed authority for the purposes of putting matters right and to recoup the costs of doing so from that directed authority.