Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

155 General adaptation of subordinate legislation etc.S

  • Without prejudice to section 153 or 154 of this Act and except where the context otherwise requires or the Secretary of State by order under either of those sections otherwise provides, in any order, scheme, regulation or other instrument which before 1st January 1985 was made under or confirmed by a public general or local Act and in any local Act passed before or during the same session as this Act (such order, scheme, regulation, instrument or local Act not being an enactment which has ceased to have effect by virtue of subsection (1) of the said section 154) any reference—

    (a)

    to a street, to a highway or to a road shall be construed as a reference to a road within the meaning of this Act;

    (b)

    to a turnpike road, to a public carriage road, to a public highway, to a maintainable highway, to a public street or to a public road shall be construed as a reference to a public road within the meaning of this Act;

    (c)

    to a private street or to a private road shall be construed as a reference to a private road within the meaning of this Act;

    (d)

    to a prospective public road or to a prospective public street shall be construed as a reference to a road which is declared likely to become a public road in a declaration made by the local roads authority under [F1section 146 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991];

    (e)

    to a highway authority or to a street authority shall be construed as a reference to a roads authority within the meaning of this Act;

    (f)

    to a roadway or to a carriageway shall be construed as a reference to a carriageway within the meaning of this Act; and

    (g)

    to a cycle track, to a footpath or to a footway shall be construed in accordance with this Act.