Transport Act 1968

120 Minimum height for bridge parapets

(1) The Minister may by order prescribe a minimum height for the parapets of any specified bridge carrying a road over a railway or of any class or description of such bridges, and it shall be the duty of the person who constructs any bridge to which such an order applies, or, if the bridge is already in existence, who is responsible for maintaining it, to secure that it has parapets of a height not less than that prescribed by the order.

(2) Any bridge having parapets of a height not less than that for the time being prescribed for that bridge by an order under this section shall be deemed to comply with any requirements as to the height of those parapets imposed by or under section 50 or 66 of the [1845 c. 20.] Railways Clauses Consolidation Act 1845, section 43 or 58 of the [1845 c. 33.] Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 or any similar enactment.

(3) It is hereby declared that an order may be made under this section in respect of any such bridge as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section notwithstanding that it carries a highway for which the Minister or the Secretary of State is the highway authority.