§ '.—(1) In any calendar year in which there occurs an event to which this section applies, the Secretary of State shall in respect of that year lay before Parliament a report informing Parliament of that occurrence or, as the case may be, the number of such occurrences.
§ (2) This section applies to the following events—
- (a) the Secretary of State enters into a contract for the design and construction of a road which is to be subject to a toll order;
- (b) there is opened to public use a new road subject to a toll order for which he is the roads authority;
- (c) a toll order, or an order varying or revoking a toll order, is made or confirmed by him.
(4) A report under this section shall be laid on or before 31st July in the following calendar year.'.—[Mr. Freeman.]
§ Brought up, read the First and Second time, and added to the Bill.