48 Power of Secretary of State to stop up and divert highways etc in interests of civil aviation
Civil Aviation Act 1982 (1982 c 16) | Legislation

48  Power of Secretary of State to stop up and divert highways etc in interests of civil aviation

(1)     Subject to subsection (2) below, the Secretary of State may if he is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in order to secure the safe and efficient use for civil aviation purposes (including the testing of aircraft designed for civil aviation) of any land vested in the Secretary of State[, the CAA or a licence holder], or of any land which the Secretary of State[, the CAA or a licence holder] proposes to acquire, by order authorise the stopping-up or diversion of any highway.

(2)     The power conferred by subsection (1) above shall, in Northern Ireland, be exercisable by the Department of the Environment for Northern Ireland (in this section referred to as “the Department”) instead of by the Secretary of State, and notwithstanding anything in section 104(1) below, the reference in subsection (1) above to land which is vested in the Secretary of State or which the Secretary of State proposes to acquire shall include a reference to land which is vested in him, or which he proposes to acquire, as the case may be, in connection with the exercise

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