Part VIII Bridges, Level Crossings, etc.
Level crossings
E1123 Power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings.
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Contributions to the expenses incurred by the Railways Board F1or a network owner in providing lifting or other barriers, lights, signs, or other devices or appliances for the protection or convenience of the public at or near any level crossing where a road is crossed by a railway of the Board F1, or, as the case may be, by a railway comprised in a transferred network or a new network of that network owner, may be made by—
a
the highway authority, if any, for that road; F2and
b
any local authority, not being the highway authority, in whose area the level crossing is situated.
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In this section “local authority” means, as respects England and Wales, the council of a county,. . . F3 London borough or county F4district. . . F5 and the Common Council of the City of London F6and “network owner", “new network”and “transferred network”shall be given the meanings in section 122(5) above,and, as respects Scotland, a county council and a town council.
123 Power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings.
1
Contributions to the expenses incurred by the Railways Board F7or a network owner in providing lifting or other barriers, lights, signs, or other devices or appliances for the protection or convenience of the public at or near any level crossing where a road is crossed by a railway of the Board F7, or, as the case may be, by a railway comprised in a transferred network or a new network of that network owner, may be made by—
b
any local authority, not being the highway authority, in whose area the level crossing is situated.
2
In this section “local authority” means, as respects England and Wales, the council of a county,. . . F10 London borough or county F11district. . . F12 and the Common Council of the City of London F13and “network owner", “new network" and “transferred network"shall be given the meanings in section 122(5) above,and, as respects Scotland, a F14council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994.