Highways Act 1980

112 Provision of picnic sites and public conveniences for users of trunk roads. E+W

(1) The Minister[F1 or a strategic highways company] may provide on land adjoining, or in the vicinity of, a trunk road F2 . . . a picnic site for motorists and others likely to use the road with space for parking vehicles and a means of access to and from a highway.

An area of any such land as aforesaid in which there are, or are to be, provided such a picnic site, parking space and means of access as aforesaid is in this Act referred to as a “trunk road picnic area”.

(2) The Minister[F3 or a strategic highways company] may erect buildings and execute works on a trunk road picnic area for the purpose of providing all or any of the following:—

(a) parking places for vehicles,

(b) a means of access to or from the area from or to a highway,

(c) public sanitary conveniences (including lavatories), and

(d) facilities for the provision and consumption of meals and refreshments,

and may equip buildings erected by him[F4 or the company] under this subsection with such furniture and apparatus as may be necessary for the purpose of providing such conveniences or facilities.

(3) The Minister[F5 or a strategic highways company] may manage a trunk road picnic area [F6 (including, in particular, by enforcing controls on parking there and recovering the costs of doing so)], but may not provide meals or refreshments on such an area.

(4) The Minister[F5 or a strategic highways company] may make arrangements with some other person F7 . . . —

(a) for such conveniences or facilities as are referred to in subsection (2) above to be provided by that other person, or

(b) for meals or refreshments to be provided on the trunk road picnic area by that other person;

and the powers of the Minister[F5 or a strategic highways company] under this subsection include power to lease the trunk road picnic area or any part of it to that other person.

(5) The Minister[F5 or a strategic highways company] may provide public sanitary conveniences (including lavatories) in proper and convenient situations on or under land forming part of a trunk road F8 . . . , or adjoining, or in the vicinity of, such a road and may manage such conveniences.

(6) The Minister[F9 or the strategic highways company, whichever is highway authority for the trunk road, ] shall pay compensation to any person who sustains damage by reason of the execution by him[F10 or it] under this section of any works on or under a trunk road.

(7) A council may contribute towards any expenses incurred by the Minister[F11 or a strategic highways company ] under this section.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 112(1) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(2); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F2 Words in s. 112(1) repealed (28.1.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 55(a), 61, Sch. 7(18); S.I. 2007/3492, art. 2

F3 Words in s. 112(2) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(3)(a); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F4 Words in s. 112(2) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(3)(b); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F5 Words in s. 112(3)-(5) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(4); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F6 Words in s. 112(3) inserted (28.1.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 55(b), 61; S.I. 2007/3492, art. 2

F7 Words in s. 112(4) repealed (28.1.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 55(c), 61, Sch. 7(18); S.I. 2007/3492, art. 2

F8 Words in s. 112(5) repealed (28.1.2008) by Road Safety Act 2006 (c. 49), ss. 55(d), 61, Sch. 7(18); S.I. 2007/3492, art. 2

F9 Words in s. 112(6) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(5)(a); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F10 Words in s. 112(6) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(5)(b); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F11 Words in s. 112(7) inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 37(6); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)

F12 S. 112(8) repealed by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(2), Sch. 7