Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

28 Fences etc. to safeguard persons using public roads.S

The roads authority may, for the purpose of safeguarding persons using a public road, provide and maintain such raised paving, pillars, walls, rails, fences or barriers as they think necessary at any of the following places—

(a)between any of the following and any other of the following—

(i)a footway;

(ii)a footpath;

(iii)a cycle track;

(iv)a carriageway,

(b)along a cycle track so as to segregate classes of users thereof,

(c)where a footpath gives direct access to the road on the footpath at or near the point of access, or

(d)along the sides of bridges, embankments or other dangerous parts of the road.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1S. 28: power to contract out functions of Secretary of State (16.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/878, arts. 2, Sch. para. 5(e)