38EEffect of notice of closure

#### 38E Effect of notice of closure 38E Effect of notice of closure > > (1) On publication of the notice closing the council public road concerned— > > > > > (a) the road ceases to be a public road, and > > > > > (b) the rights of passage and access that previously existed in relation to the road are extinguished. > > > (2) The land comprising a former road— > > > > > (a) in the case of a public road that was previously vested in a council (other than a public road in respect of which no construction has ever taken place)—remains vested in the council, and > > > > > (b) in any other case—becomes (or, if previously vested in the Crown, remains) vested in the Crown as Crown land. > > **pt 4, div 3 (ss 38A–38F):** Ins 2017 No 17, Sch 3.2 \[7\].