Section 27 — Concurrent exercise of powers of a local traffic authority
This version in force from 2020-08-25
Snapshot: 2026-08-24
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(1) An authority directed under section 25(1) may make an order or issue a notice by virtue of section 26 as if the authority were the local traffic authority for the road in respect of which the order is made or notice issued.
(2) Subsection (1) applies in respect of a road only if the local traffic authority for the road are specified in regulations made by the Secretary of State.
(3) The Secretary of State may specify a local traffic authority under subsection (2) only with the authority's consent.
(4) An authority directed under section 25(1) may make an order or issue a notice in respect of a road by virtue of section 26 only with the consent of the local traffic authority for the road.
(5) The duty in section 122 of the RTRA 1984 applies to a local traffic authority as though the consenting function conferred on the local traffic authority by subsection (4) were conferred by the RTRA 1984.