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Changes over time for: Section 26


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New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Section 26 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 07 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

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26 Interpretation.E+W
(1)In this Part the following expressions have the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980—
“highway authority”,
“local highway authority”,
“special road”,
“special road authority”, and
“traffic”;
and “special road scheme” means a scheme under section 16 of that Act authorising the provision of a special road.
[(1A)In this Part, “strategic highways company” means a company for the time being appointed under Part 1 of the Infrastructure Act 2015.]
(2)Where a concession agreement is entered into jointly by two or more local highway authorities, references in this Part to the highway authority shall be construed—
(a)as references to each of those authorities in relation to times, circumstances and purposes before the special road scheme becomes operative, and
(b)in relation to times, circumstances and purposes after the special road scheme becomes operative, as references to the authority which in accordance with the scheme is the special road authority.
(3)The expressions listed below are defined or otherwise fall to be construed for the purposes of this Part in accordance with the provisions indicated—
concession agreement | section 1(1) |
concessionaire | sections 1(1) and 5(1) |
extension toll order | section 12(1) |
highway authority | section 26(1) and (2) |
local highway authority | section 26(1) |
road subject to a concession | section 1(2) |
special road | section 26(1) |
special road authority | section 26(1) |
special road scheme | section 26(1) |
[strategic highways company] | [section 26(1)] |
toll order | section 6 |
toll period | section 7 |
traffic | section 26(1). |
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