Point in time view as at 01/11/1991.
Highways Act 1980, Section 175 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 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.
If—
(a)any officer or servant of the highway authority for a highway, or
(b)any officer or servant of a [F1non-metropolitan] district council maintaining a highway by virtue of section 42 or 50 above, or
(c)a person liable to maintain a highway by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription,
causes any heap of materials or any other object to be laid on the highway, he is, if he allows it to remain there at night to the danger of traffic without taking all reasonable precautions for the prevention of accidents, guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding [F2level 1 on the standard scale].
Textual Amendments
F1Word inserted by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 8, Sch. 4 para. 25
F2Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
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