(1)Where after the appointed day any bridge belonging to the Railways Board, [F1London Regional Transport] or the Waterways Board is transferred to the Minister or the Secretary of State under [F2section [F3266 of the M1Highways Act 1980] or section 7 of the M2Trunk Roads Act 1946 [F3266 of the M3Highways Act 1980 or section 80 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984]] (bridges carrying highways [F4, or as the case may be roads] which become trunk roads) or to a special road authority by an order made by virtue of [F2section [F5267 of the said Act of 1980] or section 8 of the M4Special Roads Act 1949][F5267 of the said Act of 1980 or section 81 of the said Act of 1984] (bridges carrying highways [F4, or as the case may be roads,] which are included in special road schemes), the Board—
(a)shall not be liable under the provisions of [F2section [F655(2) of the said Act of 1980], section 7(3) of the said Act of 1946 or section 8(2) of the said Act of 1949], [F655(2) of the said Act of 1980 or subsection (4) of the said section 80 (or that subsection as applied by subsection (2) of the said section 81)], to pay any sum in respect of the value to the Board of the extinguishment of their liability for the maintenance, [F7repair] or improvement of the bridge or the highway [F8, or as the case may be road,] carried thereby; but
(b)shall not be entitled to receive under [F2section [F9266(5) or 267(2) of the said Act of 1980] or the said section 7(3) or 8(2)][F9266(5) or 267(2) of the said Act of 1980 or subsection (4) of the said section 80 (or that subsection applied as aforesaid)] any sum in respect of the value to them of the bridge as an asset productive of revenue except to the extent (if any) by which that sum exceeds the sum which, apart from paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Board would be liable to pay under the provisions mentioned in that paragraph.
(2)None of the Boards mentioned in subsection (1) of this section shall be liable to pay any instalment or make any annual payment under the provisions mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection if the obligation to pay that instalment or to make that payment arises from the transfer of any bridge before the appointed day and that instalment or payment falls due after that day.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by virtue of London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 4(1)
F2Words substituted by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 24 para. 18
F3Words “266" to “1984" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “266" to “1946" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(a)
F4Words inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(b)
F5Words “267" to “1984" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “267" to “1949" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(c)
F6Words “55(2)" to “81" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “55(2)" to “1949" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(d)
F7Words repealed (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), 157(2), Sch. 11
F8Words inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(d)
F9Words “266(5)" to “aforesaid)" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “266(5)" to “8(2)" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para.66(5)(e)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 119 amended by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)
C2Ss. 116-119 applied (with modifications) (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2154, art.3(4)
Marginal Citations