187 Local highway authorities and maintenance powers of district councils.E+W
F1(1)(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)With respect to footpaths [F2, bridleways and restricted byways] within their area a district council [F3or, where they are not the highway authority, a Welsh principal council] shall have—
(a)the like powers as a highway authority under section 57(3) of the National Parks and Access to the M1Countryside Act 1949 (prosecution of offences of displaying on footpaths notices deterring public use), and
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F4(3A)“Restricted byway“ has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000.]
F1(4)–(8). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 187(1)(2)(3)(b)(4)–(8) repealed by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66, SIF 59), s. 343(3), Sch. 25
F2Words in s. 187(3) substituted (2.5.2006 for E., 11.5.2006 for W.) by The Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/1172; S.I. 2006/1279
F3Words in s. 187(3) inserted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 19, s. 66(5), Sch. 15 para. 37 (with ss. 54(5)(7), 55(5), Sch. 17 paras. 22(1), 23(2)); S.I. 1996/396, art. 4, Sch. 2
F4S. 187(3A) inserted (2.5.2006 for E., 11.5.2006 for W.) by The Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(2), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/1172; S.I. 2006/1279
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 187 applied (2.5.2006 for E., 11.5.2006 for W.) by The Restricted Byways (Application and Consequential Amendment of Provisions) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/1177), regs. 1(2)(4), 2(1), Sch. Pt. 1; S.I. 2006/1172; S.I. 2006/1279
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