Part VIII Bridges, Level Crossings, etc.
Bridges
C2C3119 Ending of liability F12... to make payments on being relieved of responsibility for bridges carrying trunk or special roads. C1
1
Where after the appointed day any F1network bridge or bridge belonging to the Railways Board, F11Transport for LondonF13, the Waterways Board or Canal & River Trust is transferred to the Minister or the Secretary of State under F2section F3266 of the M1Highways Act 1980 or section 7 of the M2Trunk Roads Act 1946 F3266 of the M3Highways Act 1980 or section 80 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (bridges carrying highways F4, or as the case may be roads which become trunk roads) or to a special road authority by an order made by virtue of F2section F5267 of the said Act of 1980 or section 8 of the M4Special Roads Act 1949F5267 of the said Act of 1980 or section 81 of the said Act of 1984 (bridges carrying highways F4, or as the case may be roads, which are included in special road schemes), the Board F14or, as the case may be, Canal & River Trust—
a
shall not be liable under the provisions of F2section F655(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, F655(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 F14or, as the case may be, Canal & River Trust of the extinguishment of their liability for the maintenance, F7repair or improvement of the bridge or the highway F8, or as the case may be road, carried thereby; but
b
shall not be entitled to receive under F2section F9266(5) or 267(2) of the said Act of 1980 or the said section 7(3) or 8(2)F9266(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 F14or, 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 F15or 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.
F103
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.
F104
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.