Parish Councils and Burial Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1970

3 Signs etc.

(1) In this section references to " highway authority ", " traffic sign ", " road ", " public service vehicles ", " footpaths " and " bridleway " shall be construed in like manner as if they were contained in the [1967 c. 76.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967, and section 67 of that Act shall have effect in relation to references in this section to a highway authority as it has effect in relation to references thereto in sections 55, 56, 56A, 61, 62 and 63 of that Act.

(2) A parish council may with the permission of the highway authority and subject to any conditions imposed by that authority provide on or near any road (other than a footpath or bridleway), or may contribute either wholly or in part towards the cost of providing on or near any road (other than a footpath or bridleway), traffic signs indicating—

(a) a stopping place for public service vehicles;

(b) a warning of the existence of any danger; or

(c) the name of the parish or of any place therein.

(3) A parish council may provide or contribute either wholly or in part towards the cost of providing, on or near any footpath or bridleway, any object or device, not being a traffic sign, for conveying to users of that footpath or bridleway warnings of the existence of danger.

(4) No traffic sign, object or device provided by a parish council in pursuance of this section shall be placed on any land (not being a road or part thereof) without the consent of the owner and occupier thereof.

(5) Nothing in this section shall prejudice the exercise by the highway authority or the appropriate Minister of their powers under section 61 of the [1967 c. 76.] Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967 (removal of traffic signs, etc.), but in the case of any such object or device as is mentioned in subsection (1) of that section, being such an object or device provided by a parish council in pursuance of this section on land which the council neither owns nor occupies, the powers conferred on the highway authority by the said subsection (1) shall be exercisable in relation to the parish council instead of in relation to the owner or occupier of the land ; but, for the purpose of complying with a notice under that subsection which, by virtue of this subsection, requires a parish council to remove any such object or device, the council may enter any land and exercise such other powers as may be necessary for that purpose.

(6) A parish council may warn the public of any danger in or apprehended in their area, subject, however, in the case of a warning given by providing any traffic sign, object or device, to the provisions of subsections (2) to (4) of this section.