[94 Bollards and other obstructions in Greater London.E+W+S
(1)Where an order under section 6 or 9 of this Act is made or proposed to be made by the Secretary of State [or a strategic highways company] he, [or it] may, to such extent as he [or it] considers necessary in connection with the order, authorise or require any person who is responsible for the maintenance of any road in Greater London [for which he [or it] is not the traffic authority]—
(a)to place on the carriageway such bollards or other obstructions as the Secretary of State [or the company] may consider appropriate for preventing the passage of vehicles, or vehicles of any class, at any point at which their passage (whether in any direction or in one direction only) is prohibited by any such order, and to maintain and light those obstructions; or
(b)to remove any obstruction placed by that person in pursuance of an authorisation or a requirement under this subsection.
(2)Where an order under section 6 or 9 of this Act is made or proposed to be made by the council of a London borough, they may, to such extent as they consider necessary in connection with the order, authorise or require any person who is responsible for the maintenance of any road in their area [for which neither they nor the Secretary of State [nor a strategic highways company] are the traffic authority]—
(a)to place on the carriageway such bollards or other obstructions as they may consider appropriate for preventing the passage of vehicles, or vehicles of any class, at any point at which their passage (whether in any direction or in one direction only) is prohibited by any such order, and to maintain and light those obstructions; or
(b)to remove any obstruction placed by that person in pursuance of an authorisation or a requirement under this subsection.
(3)Subsections (2) and (3) of section 92 of this Act shall apply in relation to the placing of bollards or other obstructions under subsection (1) or (2) above, as if for any reference in them to subsection (1) of that section there were substituted a reference to subsection (1) or (2) above.
(4)To such extent as the Secretary of State[, a strategic highways company] or, as the case may be, the council of a London borough may consider necessary in connection with an order under section 6 or 9 of this Act, whether made or proposed to be made by the Secretary of State[ , the company], or that council—
(a)the Secretary of State [or a strategic highways company] may do with respect to [any road for which he [or it] is the traffic authority] anything which [might under subsection (1)(a) be required] to be done with respect to any other road; and
(b)the council of the London borough may do with respect to any road in their area [for which they are the traffic authority] anything which they might under subsection (2)(a) above require to be done with respect to a road for which they are not the [traffic authority].
(5)If a person fails to comply with a requirement to carry out any work under subsection (1) or (2), above, the Secretary of State[, the strategic highways company] or, as the case may be, the council of the London borough may carry out the work, and the expenses incurred by the Secretary of State[, the company] or that council in doing so shall be recoverable summarily as a civil debt from that person.
(6)Section 79 of this Act shall apply in relation to any such obstruction as is mentioned in subsection (1) or (2) above as it applies in relation to traffic signs; and the power of the Secretary of State under that section to make advances towards expenses incurred in relation to traffic signs shall be exercisable with respect to any expenses incurred by the council of a London borough by virtue of subsection (4) above.
(7)In this section references to the council of a London borough include references to the Common Council of the City of London.]