Transport Act 1968

119 Ending of liability F1 ... to make payments on being relieved of responsibility for bridges carrying trunk or special roads. E+W+S

(1) Where after the appointed day any [F2 network bridge or] bridge belonging to the Railways Board, [F3 Transport for London] [F4 , the Waterways Board or Canal & River Trust] is transferred to the Minister or the Secretary of State under [F5 section [F6 266 of the M1 Highways Act 1980] or section 7 of the M2 Trunk Roads Act 1946 [F6 266 of the M3 Highways Act 1980 or section 80 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984]] (bridges carrying highways [F7 , or as the case may be roads] which become trunk roads) or to a special road authority by an order made by virtue of [F5 section [F8 267 of the said Act of 1980] or section 8 of the M4 Special Roads Act 1949][F8 267 of the said Act of 1980 or section 81 of the said Act of 1984] (bridges carrying highways [F7 , or as the case may be roads,] which are included in special road schemes), the Board [F9 or, as the case may be, Canal & River Trust]—

(a) shall not be liable under the provisions of [F5 section [F10 55(2) of the said Act of 1980], section 7(3) of the said Act of 1946 or section 8(2) of the said Act of 1949], [F10 55(2) of the said Act of 1980 or subsection (4) of the said section 80 (or that subsection as applied by subsection (2) of the said section 81)], to pay any sum in respect of the value to the Board [F9 or, as the case may be, Canal & River Trust] of the extinguishment of their liability for the maintenance, [F11 repair] or improvement of the bridge or the highway [F12 , or as the case may be road,] carried thereby; but

(b) shall not be entitled to receive under [F5 section [F13 266(5) or 267(2) of the said Act of 1980] or the said section 7(3) or 8(2)][F13 266(5) or 267(2) of the said Act of 1980 or subsection (4) of the said section 80 (or that subsection applied as aforesaid)] any sum in respect of the value to them of the bridge as an asset productive of revenue except to the extent (if any) by which that sum exceeds the sum which, apart from paragraph (a) of this subsection, the Board [F9 or, as the case may be, Canal & River Trust] would be liable to pay under the provisions mentioned in that paragraph.

(2) None of the Boards mentioned in subsection (1) of this section [F14 or Canal & River Trust] shall be liable to pay any instalment or make any annual payment under the provisions mentioned in paragraph (a) of that subsection if the obligation to pay that instalment or to make that payment arises from the transfer of any bridge before the appointed day and that instalment or payment falls due after that day.

[F15 (3) In subsection (1) above “network bridge”means a bridge (whenever constructed) which—

(a) carries a highway over a railway comprised in a transferred network or a new network of a network owner, and

(b) belongs to the network owner.

F15 (4) In relation to a network bridge, references in this section to the Boards or a Board are to be read as references to the network owner.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 119 heading omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 49(2) (with arts. 4-6)

F2 Words in s. 119(1) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 5

F3 Words in ss. 116-119 substituted (15.7.2003) by The Transport for London (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1615), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(2)

F4 Words in s. 119(1) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 49(3)(a) (with arts. 4-6)

F5 Words substituted by Highways Act 1980 (c. 66), Sch. 24 para. 18

F6 Words “266" to “1984" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “266" to “1946" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(a)

F7 Words inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(b)

F8 Words “267" to “1984" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “267" to “1949" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(c)

F9 Words in s. 119(1) inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 49(3)(b) (with arts. 4-6)

F10 Words “55(2)" to “81" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “55(2)" to “1949" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(d)

F11 Words repealed (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(3), 157(2), Sch. 11

F12 Words inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(5)(d)

F13 Words “266(5)" to “aforesaid)" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for words “266(5)" to “8(2)" by virtue of Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para.66(5)(e)

F14 Words in s. 119(2) inserted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 49(4) (with arts. 4-6)

F15 S. 119(3)(4) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 5

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 119 amended by Transport (London) Act 1969 (c. 35), Sch. 3 para. 1(1)(2)

C2 Ss. 116-119 applied (with modifications) (1.9.1993) by S.I. 1993/2154, art. 3(4)

Ss. 116-119 applied (with modifications) (16.5.2002) by S.I. 2002/1384, art. 3(4) (with arts. 10(2), 11)

C3 Ss. 116-119 modified (15.7.2003) by The Transport for London (Consequential Provisions) Order 2003 (S.I. 2003/1615), art. 1(1), Sch. 1 para. 4(4)

Marginal Citations

M1 1980 c. 66.

M2 1946 c. 30

M3 1980 c. 66.

M4 1949 c. 32.