Regulation or diversion of right of access to highway

18. (1) The Highway Authority may, if it is considered essential in the interest of safety or convenience of traffic, regulate or divert any existing right of access to highway across the land lying between the control line and the highway boundary: (2) Where any existing right of access is diverted, the point at which alternative access is given to the highway shall not be unreasonable distant from the existing point of access, Provided that any existing right of access shall not be diverted until alternative access has been given. (3) The Highway Authority shall, by notification in the official Gazette, publish the date on which the existing right of access has been diverted and alternative access has been given.