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The enactments specified in Schedule 5 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being amendments concerning amenities for certain highways.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1The text of ss. 20–23 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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(2)In section 312 of the M1Highways Act 1980 (restriction on institution of proceedings)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the word “Proceedings” there shall be substituted the words “ Subject to subsection (3) below, proceedings ” ; and
(b)the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (2)—
“(3)A constable may take proceedings—
(a)for an offence under paragraph (b) of section 171(6) above ; or
(b)for an offence under paragraph (c) of that subsection consisting of failure to perform a duty imposed by section 171(5)(a) above ; or
(c)for an offence under section 174 above,
without the consent of the Attorney General.”.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 21(1) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(2), Sch 9 (with s. 102(2)); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch.2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of ss. 20–23 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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(1)The following paragraph shall be substituted for the first paragraph of subsection (1) of section 179 of the Highways Act 1980 (by virtue of which no person may construct a vault, arch or cellar under any street in Greater London or the carriageway of any street outside Greater London without the consent of the appropriate authority)—
“No person shall construct works to which this section applies under any part of a street without the consent of the appropriaet authority, and the authority may by notice served on a person who has constructed such works in contravention of this section require him to remove them, or to alter or deal with them in such a manner as may be specified in the notice.”.
(2)The words “wotks to which this section applies” shall be substituted for the words “ a vault, arch or cellar ” where occurring in subsections (3) and (4) of that section.
(3)The following subsections shall be substituted for subsection (5) of that section—
“(5)As soon as may be after an authority consent to the construction of works to which this section applies under a street they shall give notice of their consent to any public utility undertakers having any apparatus under the street.
(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, the works to which this section applies are—
(a)any part of a building ; and
(b)without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, a vault, arch or cellar, whether forming part of a building or not.
(7)This section does not apply to code-regulated works, as defined in section 1(5) of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C3The text of ss. 20–23 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
The following section shall be inserted after section 147 of the M2Highways Act 1980—
(1)Subjectt o subsection (4) below, no person shall, for the purppose of selling anything, or offering or exposing anything gfor sale, use any stall or similar structure or any container or vehicle, kept or placed on—
(a)the verge of a trunk road or a principal road ;
(b)a lay-by on any such road ; or
(c)unenclosed land within 15 metres of any part of any such road,
where its presence or its use for that purpose causes or is likely to cause danger on the road or interupts or is likely to interupt any user of the road.
(2)Any person who contravenes this section shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding £200.
(3)It shall be a defence for a person charged with an offence under this section to prove that he took all reasonable precautions and exercised all due diligence to avoid commission of the offence.
(4)This section does not apply—
(a)to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of things from or on a vehicle which is used for the purposes of itinerant trading with occupiers of premises, or is used only for that purpose and for purposes other than trading ;
(b)to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of newspapers ;
(c)to anything done at a market in respect of which tolls, stallages or rents are payable ; or
(d)to the sale or offer or exposure for sale of anything by way of street trading which has been authorised under Schedule 4 to the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 or under any local enactment which makes provision similar to that made by that Schedule, either by the person so authorised or by a person acting as assistant to the person so authorised.”.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4The text of ss. 20–23 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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