HC Deb 19 July 1949 vol 467 c1293

Amendment made: In page 34, line 19, leave out "and."—[Mr. Silkin.]

Mr. King

I beg to move, in page 34, line 22, at the end, to insert: (b) by any local authority as respects a path, or part of a path, in a National Park, except after consultation with the Commission. This Amendment gives effect to a pledge given to my hon. Friend the Member for West Wolverhampton (Mr. H. D. Hughes) in Committee, and provides for consultation with the Commission before a diversion or extinguishment order is made in respect of a path in a national park.

Amendment agreed to.

Mr. King

I beg to move, in page 35, line 34, at the end, to insert: (6) A council proposing to make a diversion order such that the authority who will be the highway authority in respect of any part of the path after the diversion will be a different body from the existing highway authority in respect thereof shall, before making the order, notify the first-mentioned authority. The Amendment deals with the machinery of diversion orders. It requires that an order-making authority making a diversion should notify the highway authority on whom the new liability for repair will fall.

Amendment agreed to.

Further Amendment made: In page 35, line 35, leave out "the last foregoing subsection," and insert: subsection (5) of this section."—[Mr. King.]