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Point in time view as at 05/03/2015. This version of this provision is prospective. Help about Status

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Highways Act 1980, Section 171B is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 17 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

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[F1171BScaffolding, building materials and excavations: charge determined by reference to duration of occupation of highwayE+W

(1)The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations requiring a person who—

(a)erects a relevant structure on or over a highway maintainable at the public expense,

(b)deposits building materials, rubbish or other things in such a highway, or

(c)makes a temporary excavation in such a highway,

to pay a charge to the highway authority.

(2)The reference in subsection (1)(a) to the erection of a relevant structure is a reference to the erection, in connection with any building or demolition work or the alteration, repair, maintenance or cleaning of any building, of any scaffolding or other structure that obstructs the highway.

(3)The charge shall be determined in the prescribed manner, by reference to the period (in this section, the “relevant period”) for which—

(a)a relevant structure is on or over the highway,

(b)things are deposited in the highway, or (as the case may be)

(c)there is an excavation in the highway.

(4)The regulations shall not require charges to be paid to a local highway authority unless the Secretary of State has, by order, approved the authority for the purposes of the regulations.

(5)The regulations may require disputes of any prescribed description to be referred to an arbitrator appointed in accordance with the regulations.

(6)Subsections (6) and (10) to (22) of section 171A apply in relation to regulations under subsection (1) of this section as they apply in relation to regulations under subsection (1) of that section.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 171B inserted (prosp.) by Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), ss. 69, 99 (with s. 38)

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