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69 General provisions as to removal of signs.E+W+S
(1)The [traffic authority] may by notice in writing require the owner or occupier of any land on which there is an object or device (whether fixed or portable) for the guidance or direction of persons using [the road] to remove it.
(2)If a person fails to comply with such a notice, the [traffic authority] may themselves effect the removal, doing as little damage as may be; and the expenses incurred by them in doing so shall be recoverable by them from the person in default, and, in England or Wales, shall be so recoverable summarily as a civil debt.
(3)The [national authority] may give directions to [a strategic highways company or ] a [local traffic authority] requiring [ it or them] to remove, or cause to be removed, any traffic sign or any such object or device as is mentioned in subsection (1) above.
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