Defence Act 1860

XLPower to divert Highways, &c.

It shall be lawful for the said Secretary of State, without any Writ being issued or other legal Proceeding being adopted, to stop up or divert or alter the Level of any Highway, Way, Sewer, Drain, or Pipe over, through, under, or adjoining any Lands comprised in any such Declaration as aforesaid, he, if necessary, previously making, opening, or laying down another good and sufficient Way, Sewer, Drain, or Pipe in lieu of that stopped up or diverted.