18Procedure on applications for local highway orders under section 16 or 17

### 18 Procedure on applications for local highway orders under section 16 or 17 > > (1)  A magistrate shall not make a local highway order under [section 16](#GS16@EN) or [17](#GS17@EN) unless he is satisfied that, at least 28 days before the making of the application for the order, a notice of the intention to make the application – > > > > > > (a) has been served on each of the owners and occupiers affected and, unless the corporation is the applicant, on the corporation; > > > > > > > (b) has been served on the Transport Commission; > > > > > > > (c) has been displayed in a prominent position at each end of the highway to which the application relates; and > > > > > > > (d) has been published twice in separate issues of a local newspaper circulating in the municipality in which the highway is situated. > > > (2)  A notice referred to in [subsection (1)](#GS18@Gs1@EN) shall specify the time and place at which the application is to be made and the terms of the order applied for, embodying a map or plan showing its effect. > > > (3)  A notice required to be published in a newspaper may, instead of containing such a map or plan as is referred to in [subsection (2)](#GS18@Gs2@EN) , contain a statement of a place in the municipality in which the highway is situated where the plan may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours. > > > (4)  On the hearing of an application for a local highway order to which this section relates, the following persons have a right to be heard: > > > > > > (a) the corporation; > > > > > > > (b) the person making the application; > > > > > > > (c) an interested person.