Highways Act 1980

14 (1) Where an order provides for the transfer to a highway authority—

(a) of the property in a bridge, or in the highway carried by a bridge, or in the approaches to a bridge, or

(b) of the responsibility for the maintenance of a bridge, or of any such highway or approaches, or

(c) of rights or obligations attaching to a bridge or to any such highway or approaches,

any statutory provisions in force in relation thereto for the protection or benefit of any public utility undertakers shall, except so far as may be otherwise expressly provided by the order for giving effect to an agreement made between the parties concerned, remain in force notwithstanding the transfer.

(2) In relation to property, responsibilities, rights or obligations transferred by an order which provides as aforesaid, any such statutory provisions shall apply to the highway authority, and to the exercise by them of any powers under the order, in like manner as they applied, before the transfer, to the owners of the bridge, highway or approaches, and to the exercise of powers by the owners thereof.