Subject to the provisions of section five of this Act, a parish council may provide and maintain seats and shelters for the use of the public and cause them to be installed or erected in proper and convenient situations in, or on any land abutting on, any road within the parish.

In parishes in which the M1Public Improvements Act, 1860 (in this section referred to as “the Act of 1860”) has effect, the powers conferred by this section shall be in substitution for any powers under that Act to place seats and shelters.

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