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(1)A local roads authority may enter into an agreement—
(a)with every owner of land which is associated with or forms part of a development and on which there is, or is to be constructed, a footpath so associated; or
(b)where a person other than the owner of the land is or will be responsible for the maintenance or construction of the footpath, with that other person,
whereby, if the footpath, is made up to the satisfaction of the authority, they shall enter it in their list of public roads; but where the owner or other person fails within such reasonable period as may be specified in the agreement to make up the footpath to the authority’s satisfaction, they may themselves carry out the work and recover from him such expenses as are reasonably incurred in so doing.
(2)Subject to subsection (3) below, where as regards an existing footpath a local roads authority are of the opinion that the obtaining of such agreement as is mentioned in subsection (1) above is not reasonably practicable, they may notwithstanding the absence of such agreement, enter the footpath in their list of public roads.
(3)A local roads authority shall not exercise the power conferred on them by subsection (2) above unless they have taken all reasonable steps to ascertain the identity of every owner of the land on which the footpath is, or is to be constructed and have obtained the consent to such exercise of a majority of those owners whose identities they have ascertained.
(4)In the foregoing provisions of this section “development” means residential or commercial building operations which will be, are being, or have been, carried out on land.
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