Point in time view as at 18/07/2023.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, Section 75.
(1)For the purpose of placing traffic signs on or near any road in the City of London in pursuance of section 65 of this Act, or any apparatus required for illumination forming part of any such sign, the Corporation, subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, shall have power to affix any such sign or apparatus to the external wall of any building fronting any such road.
(2)Section 53 of the M1City of London (Various Powers) Act 1900 (which, in relation to things affixed for the public lighting of streets, provides for compensation for injury and makes special provision as to railway property and Crown property) shall apply in relation to the affixing of any traffic sign or apparatus under subsection (1) above as it applies to the affixing of brackets, wires, pipes, lamps and apparatus for the public lighting of streets, and shall so apply as if, in that section, “street” included any road within the meaning of this Act.
(3)Nothing in this section shall authorise the Corporation, without the consent of the Secretary of State, to affix any traffic sign or apparatus forming part of any such sign to—
(a)any building for the time being included in a list published by the Secretary of State under any enactments for the time being in force with respect to ancient monuments, or
(b)any building for the time being included in a list of buildings of special architectural or historic interest compiled by the Secretary of State under [F1section 1 of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990], not being a building to which paragraph (a) above applies.
(4)Subsection (3) above is without prejudice to section 2 of the M2Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 (under which scheduled monument consent is required for the execution of certain works affecting scheduled monuments).
(5)In this section “the Corporation” means the mayor and commonalty and citizens of the City of London acting by the Common Council.
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted by Planning (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 (c. 11, SIF 123:1, 2), s. 4, Sch. 2 para. 64(1)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 75: Certain functions transferred to the Secretary of State by S.I. 1986/315, art. 3(1)
C2S. 75: transfer of functions (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 275(1)(2) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2, Sch.
Marginal Citations
M11900 c. ccxxviii.
M21979 c. 46(3).
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