Local Government Act 1966

29 Powers of existing lighting authorities.

(1) Subject to subsection (2) of this section, the powers of a lighting authority shall not be exercised, after the commencement of this Part of this Act, for purposes of the lighting of any highway for which they are not the highway authority except with the consent of the highway authority (which consent may be given either generally or in respect of any particular highway or length of highway, and either without conditions or subject to such conditions as the highway authority think fit).

(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the exercise of powers for the purpose only of the operation or maintenance of a lighting system which is not transferred to the highway authority under the following provisions of this Part of this Act.

(3) If a lighting authority are aggrieved by the refusal of a local highway authority to give their consent for the purposes of this section, or by any conditions subject to which such consent is given, they may appeal to the Minister, who may give such directions in the matter as he thinks fit.

(4) In this Part of this Act " lighting authority " means a council or other body authorised to provide lighting under section 161 of the [1875 c. 55.] Public Health Act 1875 or under section 3 of the [1957 c. 42.] Parish Councils Act 1957 or any corresponding local enactment and includes (in relation only to the transfer of property, rights and liabilities) the representative body of a rural parish not having a parish council; and references to the powers of a lighting authority are references to their powers under the said enactments.