271.—Section 57 of the Roads Act, 1993, is hereby amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following for subsection (1):

“(1) A road authority may prepare a scheme for the establishment of a system of tolls in respect of the use of a public road.”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution for “In making a toll scheme” of “In preparing a scheme under subsection (1)”,

(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme prepared under subsection (1)”,

(d) in subsection (4), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme under subsection (1)”,

(e) by the substitution of the following for subsection (5):

“(5) A road authority may prepare a scheme amending a toll scheme adopted by it under section 58.”,

(f) in subsection (6), by the substitution for “toll scheme” of “scheme prepared under subsection (1)”, and

(g) by the substitution of the following for subsection (7):

“(7) (a) The Authority shall, before adopting, under section 58, a scheme prepared under subsection (1) in relation to a national road, send a copy of the scheme to the appropriate road authority under section 13 and serve a notice on the road authority stating—

(i) that a scheme under subsection (1) has been prepared, and

(ii) that representations may be made in writing to the Authority in relation to the scheme before such date as is specified in the notice (being not less than 6 weeks from the date of service of the notice).

(b) The Authority shall consider any representations made to it pursuant to a notice under paragraph (a).

(c) The making of representations by a road authority under this subsection shall be a reserved function and shall be without prejudice to the right of that authority to make objections to the Authority under section 58.”.