90E Status of road humps.E+W
(1)Where a road hump conforms to regulations under section 90D above and, in the case of a road hump in a highway maintainable at the public expense, the conditions mentioned in subsection (2) below are satisfied, the road hump shall not be treated as constituting an obstruction to the highway but as part of the highway, so that in particular—
(a)the obligation of any person to maintain the highway; and
(b)the obligation of any person having power to break open the highway to make good any damage or otherwise reinstate the highway,
extend to maintaining or, as the case may be, making good any damage to or otherwise reinstating the road hump.
(2)The further conditions applicable in the case of a road hump in a highway maintainable at the public expense are—
(a)that the highway is for the time being subject to a statutory speed limit for motor vehicles of 30 miles per hour or less or the road hump is specially authorised by the Secretary of State; and
(b)that the road hump was constructed under section 90A or 90B above or was constructed at a time when the highway was not maintainable at the public expense.
(3)In relation to a road hump specially authorised by the Secretary of State the reference in subsection (1) above to conformity with regulations shall be construed as a reference to conformity with the conditions attached to the authorisation.
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Textual Amendments
F1S. 90E(4) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(2), Sch.; S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch.2