Consultation requirements applicable to Secretary of StateU.K.
12(1)The Secretary of State must consult a traffic authority—U.K.
(a)before giving a direction to the authority under paragraph 4, 7 or 11, or
(b)before making an order under paragraph 8(2) or 9 in relation to a traffic regulation order made by the authority.
(2)The purpose of consultation is—
(a)to ensure public safety and, so far as reasonably practicable, to reduce public inconvenience, and
(b)to take account of the requirements (however expressed) to which the traffic authority is subject under an enactment or under an agreement or undertaking entered into in pursuance of an enactment.