14After section 284 of the Highways Act 1980 there shall be inserted the following section (which preserves the residual effect of the [1936 c. 5.] [1946 c. 30.] Trunk Roads Acts 1936 and 1946)—
The persons who may exercise the functions conferred by—
(a)section 40 of the [1890 c. 59.] Public Health Acts Amendment Act 1890 (cabmen’s shelters);
(b)section 42 of that Act (statues and monuments);
(c)section 14 of the [1925 c. 71.] Public Health Act 1925 (public drinking fountains, seats, etc.),
shall, in relation to any trunk road, include the Secretary of State.”