Commentary on provisions of the Act Schedule 25: Traffic regulation Traffic authority to consult Secretary of State before making traffic regulation order
Paragraph 1(1) and (2) requires the traffic authority to consult the Secretary of State where the traffic authority is proposing to make a traffic regulation order to a road where it appears to the authority that the order could significantly interfere with the use of the road by heavy goods vehicles for the purposes of the construction of Phase One of High Speed 2.
	Paragraph 2(1) allows the Secretary of State by way of notice to designate a road or part of a road to which paragraph 1(2) does not apply.
	By virtue of paragraph 3(1), the requirement for the traffic authorities to consult the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(2) ceases to apply to a traffic authority if the Secretary of State gives the authority notice that no further works are proposed in the authority’s area or the use of the relevant roads are no longer required.
	By virtue of paragraph 3(2) the requirement for the traffic authorities to consult the Secretary of State under paragraph 1(2) ceases to apply in relation to a particular part of the area of the traffic authority ("the relevant part") if the Secretary of State considers that the relevant part can be treated separately and the Secretary of State gives the authority a notice stating that no further works are proposed to constructed in the relevant part and the use of the roads in the relevant part is no longer required by heavy commercial vehicles for the purposes of the construction of Phase One of High Speed 2.