3(1)Where before the ending of the concession possession of any property vesting in the highway authority has been taken in pursuance of any legal process or distress, the highway authority may recover it from any person in possession of it without being required to discharge the liability in respect of which the process or distress was issued or levied.E+W
(2)This does not affect the liability in respect of which the process or distress was issued or levied.