Highways Act 1980

[F1 GLA roads E+W

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Amendments (Textual)

F1 S. 14A and crossheading inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.260 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art.2

F2 14A Designation of first GLA roads by Secretary of State. E+W

(1) The Secretary of State may by order designate highways or proposed highways as highways which are to be GLA roads.

(2) Any highway or proposed highway so designated—

(a) shall become a GLA road, and

(b) if it is a trunk road or other highway for which the Secretary of State is the highway authority, shall accordingly cease to be such a road or highway,

on such date as may be specified in that behalf in the order.

(3) Orders under this section may be made or amended at any time before the beginning of the term of office of the first Mayor of London.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F2 S. 14A and crossheading inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.260 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art.2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 14A extended (5.5.2000) by S.I. 2000/1064, art. 2(1)

[F3 14B Orders of the Authority changing what are GLA roads. E+W

(1) The Mayor of London shall keep under review the system of highways and proposed highways in Greater London and the allocation of responsibility for that system between the different local highway authorities.

(2) If the Mayor of London considers it expedient that—

(a) any highway or proposed highway in Greater London, other than a trunk road, should become a GLA road, or

(b) that any GLA road should cease to be such a road and should become a road for which the highway authority is a London borough council or the Common Council,

the Greater London Authority may by order direct that that highway or proposed highway shall become, or (as the case may be) that that road shall cease to be, a GLA road as from such date as may be specified in that behalf in the order.

(3) Where an order under subsection (2) above directs that a highway or proposed highway shall become a GLA road, it shall become such a road as from the date specified in that behalf in the order.

(4) Where an order under subsection (2) above directs that a GLA road shall cease to be such a road, then, as from the date specified in that behalf in the order, the road shall cease to be a GLA road and the following authority, that is to say—

(a) where the road is situated in a London borough, the council for the London borough, and

(b) where the road is situated in the City, the Common Council,

shall become the highway authority for the road.

(5) An order under this section shall be of no effect unless—

(a) it is made with the consent of the relevant highway authority; or

(b) if that consent is refused, it is confirmed (with or without modification) by the Secretary of State.

(6) For the purposes of subsection (5) above, the relevant highway authority is—

(a) in the case of an order directing that a highway or proposed highway shall become a GLA road, the authority which is the highway authority for the highway or proposed highway; and

(b) in the case of an order directing that a GLA road shall cease to be such a road, the authority which will become the highway authority for the road in consequence of the order.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F3 S. 14B inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.261 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 S. 14B: power to apply conferred by 1984 c. 27, s. 124A(6) (as inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.272 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art.2)

[F4 14C Certification and records of GLA roads. E+W

(1) A certificate by or on behalf of Transport for London that any highway or proposed highway is, or is not, for the time being a GLA road shall be evidence of the facts stated in the certificate.

(2) A certificate under subsection (1) above may describe the highway or proposed highway in question by reference to a map.

(3) Transport for London shall prepare and maintain a record of the highways which are for the time being GLA roads.

(4) The record required to be prepared and maintained under subsection (3) above may consist of—

(a) a list;

(b) a map; or

(c) a list and a map.

(5) Transport for London shall deposit a copy of that record with the Greater London Authority, each of the London borough councils and the Common Council.

(6) Transport for London, and the Greater London Authority, each of the London borough councils and the Common Council, shall make the record, or (as the case may be) the copies of the record deposited with them, available for inspection by the public at all reasonable hours.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F4 S. 14C inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.262 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3 S. 14C: power to apply conferred by 1984 c. 27, s. 124A(6) (as inserted (12.1.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s.272 (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 1999/3434, art.2)

[F5 14D Construction of provisions relating to GLA roads. E+W

(1) Any reference in any provision of this Act or any other enactment to a GLA road shall be construed as a reference to a highway or proposed highway in Greater London which is for the time being a GLA road by virtue of—

(a) section 2(3) above;

(b) an order made by the Secretary of State under section 14A above; or

(c) an order made under section 14B above by the Greater London Authority.

(2) The functions conferred or imposed on the Greater London Authority in relation to GLA roads shall be functions of the Authority which are exercisable by the Mayor of London acting on behalf of the Authority.

(3) Subsection (2) above does not apply in relation to any function expressly conferred or imposed on the London Assembly.]

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Amendments (Textual)

F5 S. 14D inserted (3.7.2000) by 1999 c. 29, s. 263(1) (with Sch. 12 para. 9(1)); S.I. 2000/801, art. 2(2)(c), Sch. Pt. 3