124 Stopping up of private access to highways

Stopping up of means of access to highways

124  Stopping up of private access to highways

(1)     Subject to subsection (3) below, where the highway authority for a highway consider that a private means of access from the highway to any premises is likely to cause danger to, or to interfere unreasonably with, traffic on the highway, they may be authorised by an order made in accordance with this section to stop up the means of access.

(2)     An order under this section shall be made by the highway authority for the highway in question and, if they are [a strategic highways company or] a local highway authority, shall be confirmed either by the Minister or, where subsection (5) below allows, by the highway authority themselves.

(3)     No order under this section relating to an access to any premises shall be made by the Minister or, in the case of an order made by [any other] highway authority, confirmed either by the Minister or by that authority unless the Minister or, as the case may be, the confirming authority is or are

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