Section 54: Power to amend specifications

54. Power to amend specifications (1) Subject to this section, the local authority may amend the specifications, plans, sections, estimate and provisional apportionment for any road works proposed under section 49. (2) Where the local authority proposes to amend the estimate so as to increase its amount, before the amendment is made, a notice containing the particulars specified in paragraph 6 of the Second Schedule shall be— (a) published in such manner as the Minister may approve; (b) posted in a prominent position in or near to the road to which the resolution relates, at least once in each of 3 successive weeks; and (c) within 7 days from the date of the publication under paragraph (a), served on the owners of the premises shown in the provisional apportionment as liable to be charged, and during one month from that date, a document certified by a competent person giving details of the amendment of the estimate, and of the consequential amendment of the provisional apportionment, shall be kept deposited at the office of the local authority and open to inspection, free of charge, at all reasonable hours. (3) Where a notice is served on an owner of premises under subsection (2) (c), it shall be accompanied by a statement of the sum apportioned on those premises by the provisional apportionment as proposed to be amended. (4) Within one month from the date of the publication of a notice under subsection (2) (a), an objection may be made and, if made, shall be heard and determined in the same manner as an objection to a provisional apportionment.