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(1) Subject to the provisions of this section, the road traffic enactments shall apply in relation to roads which are within a designated aerodrome but to which the public does not have access as they apply in relation to roads to which the public has access. (2) The Minister of Transport may by order direct that in their application to roads within such an aerodrome the road traffic enactments shall have effect subject to such exceptions, adaptations or modifications as appear to him necessary or expedient for the purpose or in consequence of conferring— (a) on the person owning or managing the aerodrome functions exercisable under those enactments by a _ highway authority or local authority; and | (b) on the chief officer of any aerodrome constabulary functions so exercisable by a chief officer of police..: (3) An order under this section may exempt from the application of the road traffic enactments particular roads or lengths Cu. 61 ‘Civil Aviation Act 1968 of roads to which the public does not have access and may require the person owning or managing the aerodrome in question to indicate the roads or lengths of roads so exempted in such manner as may be specified in the order. (4) Before making an order under this section in respect of any aerodrome the Minister of Transport shall consult the person owning or managing it. (5) In this section— * designated aerodrome’ means any aerodrome which is owned or managed by the Board of Trade or a local authority and is designated for the purposes of this section by an order made by the Minister of Transport; “the road traffic enactments” means the enactments (whether passed before or after this Act) relating to road traffic, including the lighting and parking of vehicles, and any order or other instrument having effect by virtue of any such enactment; “aerodrome constabulary” means, in relation to an aerodrome owned or managed by the Board of Trade, the special constables appointed under section 37 of the Civil Aviation Act 1949 and, in relation to an aerodrome owned or managed by a local authority, any body of constables which the authority have power to maintain at that aerodrome. (6) Any order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument, which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament, and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order under this section. _ (7) In the application of this section to Scotland or Wales, for any reference to the Minister of Transport there shall be substituted a reference to the Secretary of State; and for the purposes of this subsection Monmouthshire shall be treated as forming part of Wales.