68   Notice inviting objections

Before determining an application for a public gate permit, the roads authority:

(a)  must cause notice of the proposal to erect a public gate (including particulars as to the proposed location of the gate) to be published in a local newspaper, and

(b)  must allow sufficient time (being not less than 28 days from the date of publication of the notice) for written submissions on the proposal to be made to the roads authority, and

(c)  must have due regard to any written submissions on the proposal that are made to the roads authority within that time.