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SCHEDULES

Sections, 5, 7, 9, 12, 75 and 77.

SCHEDULE 1S Procedures for Making or Confirming Certain Orders and Schemes

Part IS Orders

1SWhere the Secretary of State proposes to make an order under section 5, 9, 12, 75 or 77 of this Act he shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which any road to which the order relates is situated and in the Edinburgh Gazette a notice—

(a)stating the general effect of the proposed order;

(b)specifying a place in the said area where a copy of the draft order and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period specified in the notice, being not less than six weeks from the date of the publication of the notice; and

(c)stating that, within the said period, any person may by notice to the Secretary of State object to the making of the order.

2SWhere an order under the said section 9 or 12 is submitted to the Secretary of State by a local roads authority, that authority shall publish in the manner specified in paragraph 1 above the notice there referred to, and that paragraph shall have effect in relation to a notice published by any such authority as if the references to the draft order and the making of the order were references to the order as submitted to the Secretary of State and the confirmation of the order respectively.

3Not later than the day on which the said notice is published or, if it is published on two or more days, the day on which it is first published, the Secretary of State or the local roads authority, as the case may be, shall serve on each person (other than himself or as the case may be themselves) specified in such head or heads of the Table set out at the end of this paragraph as apply in the case of the order in question—

(a)a copy of the notice;

(b)a copy of the draft order or, as the case may be, the order; and

(c)a copy of any relevant map or plan.

Table

Persons to be served with copies of the documents specified in paragraph 3 of this schedule

Nature of order or proposed orderPersons to be served
(i)Order proposed to be made under section 5, 12 or 75.The council of every region, islands area and district in which any road to which the proposed order applies is situated.
(ii)Order proposed to be made under section 5, 9 or 12 which provides for the construction of a bridge over or a tunnel under navigable waters, and order under section 75.Every navigation authority or water authority concerned with or having jurisdiction over the waters affected or over the area comprising those waters.
(iii)Order proposed to be made under section 12 authorising the carrying out of new works.The council of every region, islands area and district on whose area works authorised by the proposed order are to be carried out.
(iv)Order under section 9 transferring a road from one roads authority to another.The roads authorities to and from whom the road is to be transferred.
(v)Order proposed to be made under section 77.The council of every region, islands area and district in which the bridge or its approaches is situated and every navigation authority concerned with or having jurisdiction over the waters affected or over the area comprising those waters.
(vi)Order proposed to be made under section 9 or 12 which authorises the stopping up of a private means of access to land.The owner and the occupier of the land.
(vii)Order proposed to be made under section 9 or 12 which authorises the stopping up or diversion of a public road.The council of every region, islands area and district in which the road is situated, and any statutory undertakers having apparatus under, in, upon, over, along or across the road.
(viii)Order proposed to be made under section 9 which authorises entry by the special road authority on land.The occupier of that land.

4SWhere the order provides for the stopping up or diversion of a public road, the Secretary of State shall, not later than the day on which the notice is published or, if it is published on two or more days, the day on which it is first published, cause a copy of it to be displayed in a prominent position at the ends of so much of any road as is proposed to be stopped up or diverted under the order.

5SIf before the expiration of the period specified in pursuance of paragraph 1(b) above an objection is received by the Secretary of State from any person on whom a copy of the notice is required to be served under paragraph 3 above, or from any other person appearing to the Secretary of State to be affected, and the objection is not withdrawn, the Secretary of State shall, subject to paragraphs 6 and 19 below, cause a local inquiry to be held.

6SExcept where the objection is made by any person on whom a copy of the notice is required to be served by virtue of paragraph 3 above as read with such one or more of heads (i) to (v) of the Table at the end of that paragraph as apply in the case of the order in question, the Secretary of State may, if he is satisfied that in the circumstances of the case the holding of an inquiry under paragraph 5 above is not necessary, dispense with such an inquiry.

7(1)Subject to paragraph 19 below, after considering objections (if any) to the proposed order or, as the case may be, the order which are not withdrawn and, where a local inquiry is held, the report of the person who held the inquiry, the Secretary of State may make of confirm the order either without modification or subject to such modifications as he thinks fit.

[F1(1A)Where the Secretary of State has published an environmental statement, the matters to be considered before an order is made under this paragraph include—

(a)the statement;

(b)any opinion expressed by a member of the public; and

(c)if the statement relates to land such as is mentioned in section 20A(5) of this Act, any opinion expressed by the appropriate environmental body.]

(2)The power under this paragraph to make or confirm the order includes power to make or confirm it so far as relating to part of the proposals contained in it (either without modification or subject to such modifications as he thinks fit) while deferring consideration of the remaining part.

Textual Amendments

8SIn this Part of this Schedule references to a proposed order or an order proposed to be made include references to an order made by a local roads authority and submitted to the Secretary of State.

Part IIS Schemes Under Sections 7 and 75(3)

9SWhere the Secretary of State proposes to make a scheme under section 7 or 75(3) of this Act, or where a scheme under either of those sections is submitted to the Secretary of State by a local roads authority, the Secretary of State or that authority, as the case may be, shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which the road, or as the case may be the site of the bridge or tunnel, to which the scheme relates is situated and in the Edinburgh Gazette a notice—

(a)stating the general effect of the proposed scheme;

(b)specifying a place in the said area where copies of a draft of the scheme, or of the scheme as submitted to the Secretary of State, as the case may be, and of any relevant map or plan may be inspected free of charge, at all reasonable hours during a period specified in the notice, being not less than six weeks from the date of the publication of the notice; and

(c)stating that, within the said period, any person may by notice to the Secretary of State object to the making or confirmation of the scheme.

10Not later than the day on which the said notice is published or, if it is published on two more days, the day on which it is first published, the Secretary of State or the local roads authority, as the case may be, shall serve a copy of it (together with a copy of draft scheme or of the scheme, as the case may be, and of any relevant map of plan)—

(a)on the council of every region, islands area and district in whose area any part of the route of the special road, or as the case may be the site of the bridge or tunnel, is situated; and

(b)where the scheme provides for the construction of a bridge over or tunnel under any navigable waters, on every navigation authority or water authority concerned with or having jurisdiction over the waters affected or over the area comprising those waters.

11SIf before the expiration of the period specified in pursuance of paragraph 9(b) above an objection is received by the Secretary of State from any person on whom a copy of the notice is required to be served under paragraph 10 above of from any other person appearing to him affected by the proposed scheme, and the objection is not withdrawn, the Secretary of State shall, subject to paragraphs 12 and 19 below, cause a local inquiry to be held.

12SExcept where the objection is made by any person on whom notice is required to be served under paragraph 10 above, the Secretary of State may, if he is satisfied that in the circumstances of the case the holding of an inquiry under paragraph 11 above is unnecessary, dispense with such an inquiry.

13(1)Subject to paragraph 19 below, after considering objections (if any) to the proposed scheme which are not withdrawn and, where a local inquiry is held, the report of the person who held the inquiry, the Secretary of State may make or confirm the scheme either without modification or subject to such modifications as he thinks fit.

[F2(1A)Where the Secretary of State has published an environmental statement, the matters to be considered before a scheme is made include—

(a)the statement;

(b)any opinion expressed by a member of the public; and

(c)if the statement relates to land such as is mentioned in section 20A(5) of this Act, any opinion expressed by the appropriate environmental body.]

(2)The power under this paragraph to make or confirm the scheme includes power to make or confirm it so far as relating to part of the proposals contained in it (either without modification or subject to such modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit) while deferring consideration of the remaining part.

Textual Amendments

14SIn this Part of this Schedule “proposed scheme” includes a scheme made by a local roads authority and submitted to the Secretary of State.

Prospective

[F3Part IIAS Toll Orders Under Section 27 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991]

14A(1)Where the Secretary of State proposes to make a toll order under section 27 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, he shall prepare a draft of the order and shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which the proposed special road is to be situated, and in the Edinburgh Gazette, a notice—

(a)stating the general effect of the proposed order;

(b)naming a place in that area where a copy of the draft order may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period specified in the notice, being a period of not less than six weeks from the date of the publication of the notice; and

(c)stating that, within that period, any person may by notice to the Secretary of State object to the making of the order.

(2)Where a toll order is submitted to the Secretary of State by a local roads authority, the authority shall publish in at least one newspaper circulating in the area in which the proposed special road is to be situated, and in the Edinburgh Gazette, a notice—

(a)stating the general effect of the order as submitted to the Secretary of State;

(b)naming a place in that area where a copy of the order may be inspected by any person free of charge at all reasonable hours during a period specified in the notice, being a period of not less than six weeks from the date of the publication of the notice; and

(c)stating that, within that period, any person may by notice to the Secretary of State object to the confirmation of the order.

(3)Where it is intended that the proposed toll order shall authorise the special road authority to assign their rights to charge and collect tolls, the Secretary of State or, as the case may be, the local roads authority shall make a statement containing such information as may be prescribed with respect to that assignation and the person to whom the rights are intended to be assigned and—

(a)the statement shall be made available for inspection with the copy of the order to which the notice under subparagraph (1) or (2) relates; and

(b)the notice shall state that such a statement will be so available.

(4)In sub-paragraph (3) “prescribed” means prescribed by the Secretary of State by regulations made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

14B The Secretary of State may, if he is satisfied that in the circumstances of the case the holding of an inquiry is unnecessary, dispense with such an inquiry.

14C(1)Subject to paragraph 19 below, after considering objections (if any) to the proposed order which are not withdrawn and, where a local inquiry is held, the report of the person who held the inquiry, the Secretary of State may make or confirm the order either without modification or subject to such modifications as he thinks fit.

(2)The power under this paragraph to make or confirm the order includes power to make or confirm it so far as relating to part of the proposals contained in it (either without modification or subject to such modifications as the Secretary of State thinks fit) while deferring consideration of the remaining part.

14D(1)A toll order shall be subject to special parliamentary procedure where—

(a)the relevant special road scheme provides for the appropriation by or transfer to the special road authority of an existing public road comprised in the route prescribed by the scheme, and

(b)the toll order authorises the charging of tolls for the use of that existing road or any part of it,

unless the Secretary of State is satisfied as regards all classes of traffic entitled to use the existing road that another reasonably convenient route free of toll is available, or will be provided before the date on which the appropriation or transfer takes effect, and certifies accordingly.

(2)Where the Secretary of State proposes to give such a certificate, he shall—

(a)give public notice of his intention to do so,

(b)afford an opportunity to all persons interested to make representations and objections, and

(c)cause a public local inquiry to be held if it appears to him to be expedient to do so, having regard to representations or objections made,

and before deciding whether to give the certificate he shall consider any representations and objections made and, if an inquiry has been held, the report of the person who held the inquiry.

(3)As soon as may be after giving a certificate, the Secretary of State shall publish in the Edinburgh Gazette, and in such other manner as he thinks best for informing persons affected, a notice stating that the certificate has been given.

14EIn this Part of this Schedule “proposed order” includes an order made by a local roads authority and submitted to the Secretary of State.

Part IIIS General

15Any person who objects to the making or confirmation of an order or scheme pursuant to this Schedule shall include in the notice of objection a statement of the grounds of objection; and the Secretary of State may disregard any such notice of objection which does not contain such a statement.

16SThe Secretary of State may, by notice served on a person objecting to the making or confirmation of an order or scheme pursuant to this Schedule who submits that any road to which the order or scheme relates should follow an alternative route, require such person within such period as may be specified in the notice to give sufficient details of the alternative route to enable it to be identified and may disregard so much of the objection as consists of a submission to which the notice applies unless the person making the objection has complied with the notice.

17SProceedings required to be taken for the purposes of an order under section 9 of this Act relating to a special road or for the purposes of an order under section 12 of this Act relating to a trunk road may be taken concurrently with proceedings required by this Schedule to be taken for the purposes of an order under section 5 of this Act or, as the case may be for the purposes of a scheme under section 7 of this Act, relating to that road.

18Section 210(2) to (8) of the M1Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 shall apply to any inquiry held under paragraph 5 or 11 above as it applies in relation to a local inquiry under that section, but without prejudice to paragraph 19 below.

Marginal Citations

Part IVS Application of Statutory Orders (Special Procedure)Act[9 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 18.] 1945

19In relation to a scheme or order to which this Schedule applies which is subject to special parliamentary procedure—

(a)the publication of a notice in accordance with paragraph 1 above shall be deemed to be sufficient compliance with the requirements of section 2(1) as read with section 10 of the Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945 with regard to advertisement of notice;

(b)any inquiry required by paragraph 5 or 11 above shall, if the Secretary of State so directs, be held by commissioners under the M2Private Legislation (Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1936; and any directions so given shall be deemed to have been given under section 10 of the said Act of 1945; and

(c)where any such directions are given, paragraph 18 above shall not apply, and paragraphs 7 and 13 above shall have effect as if for references to a local inquiry and to the person who held the inquiry there were substituted, respectively, references to an inquiry by the commissioners and to the commissioners.

Marginal Citations

Sections, 5, 7, 9, 12, 75 and 77.

SCHEDULE 2S Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders and Schemes

1SAs soon as may be after a scheme or order to which this Schedule applies has been made or confirmed by the Secretary of State, he shall publish in the Edinburgh Gazette, and in such other manner as he thinks best adapted for informing persons affected, a notice, stating that the scheme or order has been made or confirmed and naming a place where a copy thereof may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours.

2SIf any person aggrieved by the scheme or order desires to question the validity thereof, or of any provision contained therein, on the grounds that it is not within the powers of this Act or that any requirement of this Act or of any regulations made thereunder has not been complied with in relation to the scheme or order, he may, within six weeks of the date on which the notice required by paragraph 1 above is first published, make an application as regards that validity to the Court of Session.

3SOn any such application the Court—

(a)may by interim order suspend the operation of the scheme or order or of any provision contained in it, either generally or in so far as it affects any property of the applicant, until the final determination of the proceedings; and

(b)if satisfied that the scheme or order or any provision contained in it is not within the powers of this Act or that the interests of the applicant have been substantially prejudiced by failure to comply with any such requirement as aforesaid, may quash the scheme or order or any provision contained in it, either generally or in so far as it effects the property of the applicant.

4SSubject to paragraph 3 above, a scheme or order to which this Schedule applies shall not, either before or after it as been made or confirmed, be questioned in any legal proceedings whatever, and shall become operative on the date on which the notice required by paragraph 1 above is first published or on such later date, if any, as may be specified in the scheme or order.

5SWhere a scheme or order to which this Schedule applies is subject to special parliamentary procedure, then—

(a)if the scheme is confirmed by Act of Parliament under section 6 of the M3 Statutory Orders (Special Procedure) Act 1945, or under subsection (4) of section 2, as read with section 10, of that Act, paragraphs 2 to 4 above shall not have effect; and

(b)in any other case, paragraph 2 above shall have effect as if for the reference therein to the date on which the notice required by paragraph 1 above is published there were substituted a reference to the date on which the scheme becomes operative under the said Act of 1945; and paragraph 4 above shall have effect as if the words from “and shall become operative” to the end of the paragraph were omitted.

Marginal Citations

M39 & 10 Geo. 6 c. 18.

Prospective

[F46The provisions of paragraphs 2 to 4 above apply in relation to a certificate under paragraph 14D(1) of Schedule 1 to this Act as in relation to a scheme or order to which this Schedule applies, subject to the following modifications—

(a)the reference in paragraph 2 above to the notice required by paragraph 1 above shall be construed as a reference to the notice required by paragraph 14D(3) of that Schedule, and

(b)in paragraph 4 above for the words “made or confirmed” there shall be substituted the word “given” and the words from “and shall become operative” to the end shall be omitted.]

Textual Amendments

Section 8(2).

SCHEDULE 3S Classes of Traffic for Purposes of Special Roads

CLASS I:

Heavy and light locomotives,

motor tractors,

heavy motor cars,

motor cars,

motor cycles whereof the cylinder capacity of the engine is not less than 50 cubic centimetres, and

trailers drawn thereby,

which comply with general regulations as to construction and use made under section 40 of the M4Road Traffic Act 1972 and in the case of which—

(i) the whole weight of the vehicle is transmitted to the road surface by means of wheels;

(ii) all wheels of the vehicle are equipped with pneumatic tyres;

(iii) the vehicle is not controlled by a pedestrian;

(iv) the vehicle is not a vehicle chargeable with duty under paragraph 2 of Part I of Schedule 3 to the M5Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971; and

(v) it is so constructed, being a motor vehicle, as to be capable of attaining a speed of 25 miles per hour on the level under its own power, when unladen and not drawing a trailer.

Marginal Citations

CLASS II:

Motor vehicles and trailers the use of which for or in connection with the conveyance of abnormal indivisible loads is authorised by order made by the Secretary of State under section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972.

Motor vehicles and trailers constructed for naval, military, air force or other defence purposes, the use of which is authorised by order made by the Secretary of State under section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972.

Motor vehicles and trailers, to which Articles 16 (which relates to vehicles for moving excavated material), 17 (which relates among other things to vehicles constructed for use outside the United Kingdom) and 21 (which relates to engineering plant) of the M6Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1973 relate and which are authorised to be used by those Articles or by any other Order under section 42(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1972, the said motor vehicles being so constructed as to be capable of attaining a speed of 25 miles per hour on the level under their own power, when unladen and not drawing a trailer.

Marginal Citations

CLASS III: Motor vehicles controlled by pedestrians.

CLASS IV: All motor vehicles (other than invalid carriages and motor cycles whereof the cylinder capacity of the engine is less than 50 cubic centimetres) not comprised in Class I, Class II or Class III.

CLASS V: Vehicles drawn by animals.

CLASS VI: Vehicles (other than pedal cycles, perambulators, push-chairs and other forms of baby-carriages) drawn or propelled by pedestrians.

CLASS VII: Pedal cycles, motor cycles wherof the cylinder capacity of the engine is less than 50 cubic centimetres and invalid carriages.

CLASS VIII: Animals ridden, led or driven (other than dogs held on a lead).

CLASS IX: Pedestrians, perambulators, push-chairs and other forms of baby carriages, and dogs held on a lead.

In this Schedule any expression defined for the purposes of the M7Road Traffic Act 1972 has the same meaning as in that Act and the expression “abnormal indivisible load” has the same meaning as in the Motor Vehicles (Authorisation of Special Types) General Order 1973.

Marginal Citations

Sections 41 and 45.

SCHEDULE 4S Procedure for Determination by Roads Authority of Certain Questions in Connection with Cattle-Grids

1(1)Before determining, under section 41 or 45 of this Act, the question—S

(a)whether it is expedient to place any part of a cattle-grid, or provide a by-pass, on any such land not forming part of a road and not belonging to the roads authority as is mentioned in subsection (4) of the said section 41;

(b)whether it is expedient to provide a by-pass along any part of a road; or

(c)whether the purpose for which a right to instal gates is exercisable will be adequately achieved by the provision of a cattle-grid,

the authority shall comply with the requirements of sub-paragraph (2) below.

(2)The requirements referred to in sub-paragraph (1) above are that the authority shall—

(a)publish in two successive weeks in one or more newspapers circulating in the area where the cattle-grid is to be, or has been, provided a notice—

(i)stating generally the question for determination;

(ii)naming a place within the said area where a copy may be inspected free of charge at all reasonable hours of such plans as appear, or other descriptive matter as appears, to the authority to be requisite for enabling the nature of the question to be understood; and

(iii)specifying the time (not being less than 28 days from the date of the first publication of the notice) within which and the manner in which representations may be made to the authority; and

(b)display a like notice in a prominent position at the place where the cattle-grid is to be or has been provided.

2SIf no representation is duly made under paragraph 1 above, or every representation so made is withdrawn, the authority may proceed to determine the question.

3(1)Where a representation is duly made as aforesaid and not withdrawn the following provisions of this paragraph shall have effect.S

(2)Where the authority is not the Secretary of State, they shall forward the representation to him, together with their observations thereon and their proposals, in the light of the representation, for determining the question.

(3)The Secretary of State shall consider any representations received by him (and, where the authority is not the Secretary of State, their observations and proposals forwarded to him as aforesaid) and shall either cause a local inquiry to be held or afford to any person by whom a representation has been duly made and not withdrawn and, where the authority is not the Secretary of State, to that authority, an opportunity of appearing before and being heard by a person appointed by the Secretary of State for the purpose.

(4)After the Secretary of State has considered the report of the person who held the inquiry under sub-paragraph (3) above, or of the person appointed under that sub-paragraph, as the case may be—

(a)the Secretary of State may, where he is the roads authority, proceed to determine the question;

(b)where he is not the roads authority, the authority may determine the question in the affirmative if the Secretary of State consents, but otherwise, and subject to compliance with any conditions subject to which his consent is given.

(5)Notwithstanding anything in sub-paragraph (3) above, except where a representation is made by a roads authority other than the Secretary of State, the Secretary of State may, if satisfied that in the special circumstances of the case the holding of a local inquiry or the affording to the person making such representation as aforesaid of an opportunity to be heard by a person appointed by the Secretary of State is unnecessary, proceed without compliance with the provisions of the said sub-paragraph (3).

(6)As soon as may be after the determination of the question, a notice of the determination shall be sent by the Secretary of State to any person by whom a representation has been made under the foregoing provisions of this Schedule.

(7)Subsections (2) to (8) of section 210 of the M8Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (procedure for holding local inquiries) shall apply to a local inquiry held under sub-paragraph (3) above as they apply to the inquiries mentioned in subsection (1) of the said section 210.

Marginal Citations

4SFor the purpose of displaying a notice as required by paragraph 1 of this Schedule, the roads authority may, in the road or on adjoining land (whether or not belonging to the authority) erect and maintain posts or boards or affix a notice to any building or structure; but the powers conferred by this paragraph shall not be exercised on occupied land adjoining the road except with the consent of the occupier.

5SThe Secretary of State may make regulations for securing that proceedings required by the First Schedule to the M9Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 to be taken in respect of the compulsory acquisition of land under section 106 of this Act may be taken concurrently (so far as practicable) with proceedings required to be taken under the foregoing provisions of this Schedule.

Marginal Citations

6SIn relation to the exercise by a local roads authority of functions of the Secretary of State delegated to them under section 4 of this Act, the foregoing provisions of this Schedule shall apply as if they, and not the Secretary of State, were the roads authority.

Section 109.

SCHEDULE 5S Distance Limits from Public Road for Purposes of Compulsory Acquisition

Part IS Table of Limits

Acquisition provisionDistance limit
1. Section 104(1)(a).200 metres from the middle of the road.
2. Section 104(2)(a) or (3)(a) or (b).200 metres from the middle of the trunk road or the special road, as the case may be or, where the land is required in connection with the improvement, alteration or construction of any other road, from the middle of that other road.
3. Section 105(2) in so far as it relates to works authorised by an order relating to a public road under section 12 of this Act.200 metres from the middle of a side-road.
4. Section 105(2) in so far as it relates to works authorised by section 69 or 70 of this Act.800 metres from the middle of the road from which new means of access are to be provided.
5. Section 108.800 metres from the middle of the trunk road.

Part IIS Further Provision With Respect to Limits

1SIn the entries numbered 2 and 3 in Part I of this Schedule the distance limit specified in column 2 shall, in relation to land required for the provision of new means of access to premises from a public road, have effect with the substitution for the distance there mentioned of a distance of 800 metres from the middle of the road.

2SWhere the boundaries of any road will be altered in consequence of an improvement proposed to be made under any enactment in relation to the road then, for the purposes of this Act, the middle of that road shall be the middle of it as proposed to be improved.

Section 112(10).

SCHEDULE 6S Special Transitional Provisions for Trunk Roads

Part IS

1SAll orders and regulations made, and all directions, consents and notices given, with respect to a road which becomes a trunk road, by the former roads authority for the purpose of their functions with respect to that road shall, if they were in force immediately before the road became a trunk road, have effect with respect to the trunk road as if made or given by the Secretary of State; but nothing in this paragraph shall be taken as transferring to the Secretary of State any liability not transferred to him by or under section 112 of this Act.

2SAll contracts, deeds, bonds or agreements entered into or made by the former roads authority for a road which becomes a trunk road, being contracts, deeds, bonds or agreements subsisting on the day on which it so becomes, shall, in so far as they relate to property and liabilities transferred to the Secretary of State in respect of that road, have effect with the substitution of the Secretary of State for the authority and may be enforced by or against the Secretary of State accordingly.

3SThe provisions of this Schedule shall apply in a case where a road ceases to be a trunk road in like manner as they apply where a road becomes a trunk road, with the substitution for the references to the former roads authority, and to any local authority, of references to the Secretary of State, and for references to the Secretary of State of references to the authority which becomes the local roads authority for the roads.

Part IIS

4SSection 6 of this Act applies to a road which at the commencement of this Act is a trunk road as it applies to a road which becomes a trunk road after the said commencement.

5SAn order under section 1(3) of the M10 Trunk Roads Act 1936 (power to provide that a road superseding part of a trunk road should itself become a trunk road) continued in force by the proviso to section 12(3) of the M11 Trunk Roads Act 1946 and section 14(7) of the M12 Special Roads Act 1949, and still in force (whether or not varied under those provisions) immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue in force and may be varied or revoked by a subsequent order made in the like manner subject to the like provisions

Marginal Citations

M10 1 Edw. 8 & 1 Geo. 6 c.5.

M11 9 & 10 Geo. 6 c.30.

M12 12 & 13 Geo. 6 c.32.

6SAn order under section 4 of the Trunk Roads Act 1946 (certain powers relating to side roads connected with trunk roads) continued in force by section 14(6) of the Special Roads Act 1949 and still in force (whether or not varied under the said section 14(6)) immediately before the commencement of this Act, shall continue in force and the provisions of the said section 4 shall continue to apply to any such order as if that section had not been repealed.

SCHEDULE 7S Restricted Roads

Amendment of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27)S

1SThe Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with this Schedule.

2In section 82(1) (restricted roads)—

(a)after the word “if” there shall be inserted “—(a)”;

(b)for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “carriageway”;

(c)for the words “200 yards” there shall be substituted the words “185 metres”; and

(d)at the end there shall be inserted the following words—

; and

(b)the road is of a classification or type specified for the purposes of this subsection in regulations made by the Secretary of State.

3In section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions)—

(a)in subsection (4), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “carriageway”, and for the words “200 yards” there shall be subsitituted the words “185 metres”;

(b)in subsection (5), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “carriageway”; and

(c)after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)In any proceedings for a contravention of section 81 of this Act, a certificate of an officer of the Secretary of State that a road is of a specified classification or type shall be sufficient evidence of the facts certified; and a document purporting to be such a certificate and to be signed by such an officer shall be deemed to be such a certificate unless the contrary is shown..

4In section 134(2) (provisions as to regulations), after the word “sections” there shall by inserted the words “82(1),”.

Transitional provisionS

5SWhere, immediately prior to the commencement of this Schedule—

(a)a road is or is deemed to be a restricted road for the purposes of section 81 of the M13Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984, and that road would, apart from this paragraph, cease to be a restricted road in consequence of the first regulations made by the Secretary of State under section 82(1) of that Act as amended by paragraph 2 above; or

(b)a road is not and is not deemed to be a restricted road for those purposes and that road would, apart from this paragraph, become a restricted road in consequence of those regulations,

the roads authority may, prior to the commencement of the regulations, make an order specifying the road, and the road shall, notwithstanding the commencement of the regulations, continue to be, or to be deemed to be, a restricted road or as the case may be, a road which is not a restricted road until such time as the order is superseded, in relation to that road, by a direction under section 82(2) of that Act (directions making specified roads restricted or not restricted) or an order under section 84(1) of that Act (power to fix speed limits).

Marginal Citations

Section 131(2).

SCHEDULE 8S Penalties for Offences

Section of this ActPenalty
1. Section 22 (failure to obtain, or contravention of, construction consent).On summary conviction, the statutory maximum; and on conviction on indictment a fine.
2. Section 31(5) (interference with drain or barrier).Level 3.
3. Section 56(6)(a) (works or excavations without consent).Level 3.
4. Section 56(6)(b) (failure to provide, or to provide proper, door or cover).Level 3.
5. Section 57(4) (works or excavations constituting or becoming a danger).Level 4.
6. Section 58(1) or (3) (depositing building materials etc. in road without permission).Level 4.
7. Section 59(2) (depositing materials in road without permission so as to cause obstruction).Level 4.
8. Section 59(3) (failure to remove obstruction when required to do so).Level 1.
9. Section 60(3) (failure to fence or light, etc. obstruction or excavation).Level 3.
10. Section 60(4) (interference with fencing, lighting, etc. of obstructions and excavations).Level 3.
11. Section 62(5) (contravention of temporary restriction or prohibition of traffic or foot passage on road).Level 2.
12. Section 65(1) (conveying insecure load on drawn vehicle).Level 4.
13. Section 65(2) (permitting child to drive drawn vehicle).Level 2.
14. Section 71(5) (using stopped up public access).Level 3.
15. Section 72(4) (using stopped up private access).Level 3.
16. Section 83(7) (contravention of obstruction notice).Level 1.
17. Section 85(3) and (4) (improper use of builders’ skip).Level 3.
18. Section 90(2) (improper fixing or placing of overhead bridges, etc.).Level 3.
19. Section 92(3) (planting trees, etc. near carriageway without consent).Level 1.
20. Section 94(2) (opening up filled in dangerous ditch).Level 3.
21. Section 95(1) dropping and failing to remove mud, etc.).Level 1.
22. Section 97(3) (trading in or near road without consent).Level 3.
23. Section 98(1) (leaving animal on, or allowing it to stray onto, road).Level 3.
24. Section 99(6) (failing to prevent flow of water, etc. onto road).Level 4.
25. Section 100 (causing damage to road, etc.).Level 3.
26. Section 101 (placing rope, etc. across road without adequate warning).Level 3.
27. Section 102 (failing to make side ridges when ploughing unenclosed land).Level 2.
28. Section 129(1) (leaving vault or cellar open and unfenced).Level 2.
29. Section 129(2) (placing or depositing in road something which obstructs or endangers road users).Level 2.
30. Section 129(3) (carrying projecting load).Level 3.
31. Section 129(4) (camping in road).Level 2.
32. Section 129(5) (driving on footway, etc.).Level 2.
33. Section 129(6) (parking motor vehicle on cycle track).Level 2.
34. Section 129(7) (reckless or careless riding, etc.).Level 3.
35. Section 129(8) (improper placing of shade, awning, etc.).Level 2.
36. Section 129(9) (displaying in footway goods for sale).Level 3.
37. Section 129(10) (taking away road construction materials, etc.).Level 3.
38. Section 140(3) and (5) (carrying out works without proper notice).Level 3.
39. Section 140(4) and (5) (carrying out works without requisite authority).Level 3.
40. Section 140(9) (obstruction of person exercising powers of entry).Level 3.

Section 156(1).

SCHEDULE 9S Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 (c. 45)S

1SIn section 1 of the Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 (duty of proprietors of railways to maintain gates where railway crosses highway)—

(a)for the words “any turnpike road or any highway or statute labour road for carts or carriages in Great Britain” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”; and

(b)for the words “turnpike or other road as aforesaid” and “turnpike or highway” there shall in each case be substituted the word “carriageway”.

The Railway Regulation Act 1842 (c. 55)S

2SIn section 9 of the Railway Regulation Act 1842 (gates at level crossing to be kept closed across road)—

(a)for the words “any turnpike road, or any other highway or statute labour road for carts or carriages, in Great Britain” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”; and

(b)for the words “turnpike or other road” and “turnpike or other roads”, wherever either expression occurs, there shall be substituted the word “carriageway”.

The Railways Clauses Consolidation(Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 33)S

3(1)The Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 3 (interpretation), at the end shall be inserted the words—

The expressions “carriageway”, “cycle track”, “footpath”, “footway”, “road”, “private road” and “public road” have the meaning given them by section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

(3)In section 11 (limiting deviation from datum line described on sections, etc.)—

(a)for the word “street”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)for the words “street or public highway”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)for the words “trustees or commissioners”, in the first two places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(d)the word “streets” shall cease to have effect.

(4)In section 12 (previous notice of deviation), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 16 (general provisions as regards work, repairs and damages etc.)—

(a)the word “streets,” where it first occurs, shall cease to have effect; and

(b)for the words “roads, streets or ways”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “or roads”.

(6)In section 39 (crossing of road by railway)—

(a)for the words “any turnpike road or public highway” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of any public road”; and

(b)in the proviso—

(i)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “a public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of any public”.

(7)In section 40 (provision where road crossed on the level), for the words “any turnpike road or public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of any public”.

(8)In section 41 (crossing of turnpike road adjoining railway station), for the word “turnpike” there shall be substituted the word “public”.

(9)In section 42 (construction of bridges over roads)—

(a)for the words from “thirty-five feet” to “twelve feet” where they first occur there shall be substituted the words “7.62 metres if the arch is over a public road and 3.66 metres”;

(b)for the words from “sixteen” where it first occurs to “cases”, there shall be substituted the words “4.57 metres for a space of 3.05 metres if the arch is over a public road; and”; and

(c)for the words from “twelve” where it occurs for the third time to “private carriage” where they first occur there shall be substituted the words—

3·66 metres:

The clear height of the arch for a space of 2·74 metres shall not be less than 4·27 metres over a private; and

(d)for the words from “foot”, where it first occurs, to the end there shall be substituted the words “metre in 20 metres if the bridge is over a public road and one metre in 16 metres if over a private road.”.

(10)In section 43 (construction of bridges over railways)—

(a)for the words “four feet” and “three feet” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “1.22 metres” and “0.91 metres”; and

(b)for the words from “thirty-five” to the end there shall be substituted the words—

7·62 metres if the road is a public road and 3.66 metres if a private road:

The ascent shall not be more than one metre in 20 metres if the road is a public road and one metre in 16 metres if a private road..

(11)In section 44 (further provision as regards construction of bridges)—

(a)for the words “turnpike road or public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “a road which includes a carriageway”; and

(b)for the words “trustees or surveyors of” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for”.

(12)In section 47 (penalty for not providing a substitute road for road rendered impassable or dangerous by railway works) for the words “trustees, commissioners, surveyor, or other person having the management of” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for”.

(13)In section 49 (period for restoration of roads interfered with)—

(a)for the words from “trustee” to “consent” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for the public road to be restored consent, or as the case may be the owner of the private road to be restored consents, in writing,”;

(b)for the word “turnpike”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “public”; and

(c)for the words “not a turnpike” there shall be substituted the words “a private”.

(14)In section 50 (penalty for failure to restore a road), for the words “trustees, commissioners, surveyor, or other person having the management of” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for”.

(15)In section 51 (damage to road in course of making railway)—

(a)for the words “surveyor or other person having the management of” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for”; and

(b)in the proviso, for the word “turnpike” there shall be substituted the word “public”.

(16)In section 52 (sufficient approaches and fences to bridleways and footways crossing a railway on the level)—

(a)for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)for the words “a public carriageway” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road”;

(c)for the words “highway be a” there shall be substituted the words “road be a cycle track or”; and

(d)for the word “footway” there shall be inserted the words “or footpath”.

(17)In section 53 (proceedings as regards consent to level crossings of bridleways and footways)—

(a)for the words “highway other than a public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “road other than the carriageway of a public”;

(b)for the words “such highway at the proper crossing thereof is situate” there shall be substituted the words “the proposed crossing would be situated”; and

(c)for the words “such highway”, where they occur for the second time, there shall be substituted the words “ the road”.

(18)In section 54 (orders as respects approaches etc. to level crossing)—

(a)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)for the words “surveyor of roads” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(19)In section 55 (screening between railway and road)—

(a)for the words “commissioners or trustees of any turnpike road, or the surveyor of any highway” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority for any road”; and

(b)for the words “such commissioners or trustees or surveyor” there shall be substituted the words “that authority”.

(20)In section 56 (penalty for failing to construct requisite screening), for the words “commissioners or trustees or surveyor” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(21)In section 57 (power to order repair of bridges etc.), for the words “surveyor of roads” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

The Railways Clauses Act 1863 (c. 92)S

4(1)The Railways Clauses Act 1863 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 5 (restriction on shunting trains), for the words “a turnpike road or public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public”.

(3)In each of sections 6 (erection of lodge at level crossing) and 7 (requirement for bridge instead of level crossing), for the words “turnpike road or public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “carriageway of a public”.

(4)In section 16 (access to shore under or across railway)—

(a)after the word “footways” there shall be inserted the word “, footpaths”; and

(b)after the word “footway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be inserted the word “, footpath”.

The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865 (c. 56)S

5(1)The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 2 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following definition—

  • Road” shall mean and include any way, other than—

  • a waterway; or

  • without prejudice to section 100(c) (damage to roads by fire) or 129(4) (camping in a road) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, a road within the meaning of that Act..

(3)In section 3 (offences), the words “private”, where it occurs for the second time, and “, or on or near any highway,” shall cease to have effect.

The Tramways Act 1870 (c. 78)S

6In section 3 of the Tramways Act 1870 (interpretation), for the definition of “road” there shalll be substituted the following definition—

The term ”road” shall mean the carriageway of any public road within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984:.

The Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)S

7(1)The Explosives Act 1875 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 22 (general rules for premises registered for the keeping of gunpowder), in each of subsections (1) and (2)(a), for the words “highway, street, public thoroughfare” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 30 (restriction on sale of gunpowder), for the words “highway, street, public thoroughfare, or” there shall be substituted the words “road or in any”.

(4)In section 80 (penalty for throwing fireworks in thoroughfare), for the words “highway, street thoroughfare,” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 108 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following definition—

  • The expression ”road’ has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Act 1875 (c. 61)S

8SIn section 3 of the Entail Amendment (Scotland) Act 1875 (interpretation), in paragraph 5 of the definition of “Improvements”—

(a)for the words “private roads” there shall be substituted the words “roads (other than roads within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”; and

(b)for the words “roads or streets” there shall be substituted the words “private roads (within the meaning of the said Act of 1984)”.

The Settled Land Act 1882 (c. 38)S

9SIn section 25 of the Settled Land Act 1882 (description of authorised improvements)—

(a)in paragraph (viii), for the words “private roads; roads or streets” there shall be substituted the words “roads (other than roads within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984); private roads (within the meaning of the said Act of 1984)”; and

(b)in paragraph (xvii), the word “Streets” shall cease to have effect.

10S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (c. 29)S

11S In paragraph 9 of the Schedule to the Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886, after the words “public road” there shall be inserted the words “(within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Military Tramways Act 1887 (c. 65)S

12In section 12 of the Military Tramways Act 1887 (interpretation), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public or private road within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

13S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

The Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (c. 25)S

14SIn section 16 of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (power to apportion expenses between railway company and applicants for works)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “highway board, surveyor of highways acting with the consent of the vestry of his parish” there shall be substituted the words “or local roads authority (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”; and

(b)subsection (3) shall cease to have effect.

The Military Lands Act 1892 (c. 43)S

15(1)) The Military Lands Act 1892 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2) For section 13 (power to stop or divert footpaths) there shall be substituted the following section—

13In relation to a footpath crossing or near to land leased under this Act, the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 shall have effect as if in subsection one of section sixty-eight thereof (power of roads authorities to stop up roads by order) there were added to the grounds for stopping up a road the ground that the road crosses or runs inconveniently or dangerously near to such land.

In this section “footpath” has the same meaning as in the said Act of 1984..

(3)In section 25 (application to Scotland)—

(a)subsection (7) shall cease to have effect; and

(b)at the end there shall be added the following subsection—

(10)In section 16 of this Act—

(a)for the references to “highway” there shall be substituted references to “road”; and

(b)after the word “footpath” in subsection (2) there shall be inserted the words “within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

The Light Railways Act 1896 (c. 48)S

16SIn section 7(1) of the Light Railways Act 1896 (application for authorising light railway), for the words “road authorities” there shall be substituted the words “local roads authorities (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (c. 38)S

17(1)) The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2) In section 3 (interpretation) there shall be inserted after the definition of the word “ship” the following definition—

The word “road” has the meaning ascribed to it by section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984:.

(3)In section 16 (definition of nuisances)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in subsection (5), the word “public” shall be omitted.

(4)In section 56(1)(a) (penalty on exposure of infected persons), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 74 (rules as to underground dwellings), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897 (c. 53)S

18SIn section 10 of the Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following definitions—

  • The expressions “footpath” and “public road” have the same meanings as in the roads (Scotland) Act 1984.

19S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

The Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32)S

20SIn section 3 of the Dogs Act 1906 (seizure of stray dogs)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (1A), for the words “a highway” there shall be substituted the words “in a road”; and

(c)after subsection (1A) there shall be added the following subsection—

(1B)In subsections (1) and (1A) above “road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Light Railways Act 1912 (c. 19)S

21SIn section 6 of the Light Railways Act 1912 (amendment of section 24 of the Light Railways Act 1896)—

(a)for the words “road authorities” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”;

(b)the existing words, as amended by paragraph (a) above, shall be subsection (1) of the section; and

(c)after that subsection there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(2)In subsection (1) above, “public road” and “local roads authority” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916 (c. 63)S

22SIn section 15 of the Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916 (application to Scotland), at the end there shall be added the following paragraph—

(d)for references to “highway” and “street” there shall be substituted references to a road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

23S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

The Roads Act 1920 (c. 72)S

24SIn section 17 of the Roads Act 1920 (interpretation), in the definition of “use”, for the words “public road” there shall be substituted the words “road which is a public road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55)S

25SIn section 73(3) of the Railways Act 1921 (interpretation), for the words “a public carriageway” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act 1928 (c. 44)S

26In section 5(3) of the Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act 1928 (interpretation), in the definition of “light railway”, for the words “a public carriageway” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43)S

27(1)The Road Traffic Act 1930 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 101(2)(d) (limitation on power to run public service vehicles), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(3)In section 119(3) (power of local highway authority to borrow for purposes related to running public service vehicles)—

(a)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)the words “for the purpose of the payment of the consideration for a transfer under section fifty-three of this Act or” shall cease to have effect; and

(c)at the end there shall be added the words “of this Act”.

(4)In section 121 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; and

(b)in subsection (1A), for the words “Road Traffic Act 1960” there shall be substituted the words “Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981”.

The Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (c. 53)S

28SIn section 45 of the Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (interpretation)—

(a)after the word “them:—” there shall be inserted the following definition—

Carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(b)after the definition of “Minister” there shall be inserted the following definition—

Public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(c)in the definition of “Railway”, for the words “a public carriageway” there shall be substituted the words “the carriageway of a public road”.

29S. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F9

The Public Order Act 1936 (c. 6)S

30SIn section 9(1) of the Public Order Act 1936 (interpretation), in the definition of “public place”, after the word “highway” there shall be inserted the words “, or in Scotland any road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,”.

The Coal Act 1938 (c. 52).S

31In section 34(1)(c) of the Coal Act 1938 (saving for certain statutory rights), for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “local roads authority (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Civil Defence Act 1939 (c. 31)S

32SIn section 90(1) of the Civil Defence Act 1939 (interpretation), in the definition of “public utility undertakers”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43)S

33(1)The Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 15(2)(c) (stopping up or diversion of roads), for the words “Trunk Road Act, 1936” there shall be substituted the words “provisions of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 relating to trunk roads”.

(3)In section 60(3) (application to Scotland), after the word “Gazette;”, in the second place where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “for any reference to a “highway” there shall be substituted a reference to a road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;”.

The Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41)S

34(1)The Fire Services Act 1947 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 3 (supplementary powers of fire authorities)—

(a)in subsection (1)(c), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words from “trunk road” to the end of paragraph (a) there shall be substituted the words public road a fire authority shall (where they are not themselves the roads authority) obtain the consent of the roads authority; and—

(a)without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the said powers shall not be exercised in a district except after consultation with the council of the district,

(3)In section 14(3)(a) (marking of positions of fire hydrants), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(4)In section 30(5) (powers of firemen and police in extinguishing fires), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 38(1) (interpretation), for the definition of “street” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

road” has the same meaning as in the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950; and

roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 42)S

35SIn paragraph 11(1)(b) of the first Schedule to the Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (procedure for authorising compulsory purchases), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26)S

36SIn section 144(1) of the Local Government Act 1948 (interpretation), in the definition of “railway”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Civil Defence Act 1948 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 5)S

37SIn section 4(2) of the Civil Defence Act 1948 (powers as to land), for the word “highway” in each of the three places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Coast Protection Act 1949 (c.74)S

38(1)The Coast Protection Act 1949 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 17(1) (notification to coast protection authority of certain works)—

(a)for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(b)for the word “highway”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 20(3) (contributions towards expenses of coast protection)—

(a)for the word “highway”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(4)In section 21(3)(a) (exchequer grants), for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority” and for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the words “roads”.

(5)In section 49(4) (interpretation), at the end there shall be inserted the words—

and the following definitions shall be inserted in the alphabetically appropriate place—

local roads authority” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

road” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 (c.39)S

39(1)The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 1 (purposes of the street works code, and works the execution of which is to be regulated thereby)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(ii)for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(iii)for the words “street which is a maintainable highway or is prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road or prospective public road”;

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for the word “street” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)for subsections (3) and (4) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(3)In this act the expression “road” means (without prejudice to section 38(1) of this Act) any way (other than a substitute road made under section 74(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 or a waterway) whether or not there is over it a public right of passage and whether or not it is for the time being formed as a way; and the expression includes a square or court, and any part of a road.

(4)In this Act—

(a)the expression “public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; and

(b)references to a prospective public road are to a road which is declared likely to become a public road in a declaration made by the local roads authority under the Second Schedule to this Act and registered in the register kept by them under paragraph 2 of that Schedule,; and

(d)in subsection (5)(b), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 2 (parties to proceedings under the street works code)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(ii)for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(a)the roads authority if the road is, or is prospectively, a public road, or the road managers if it is not;

(b)if the works include the breaking up or opening in the road, of a sewer vested in a local authority, that authority;;

(iii)in paragraph (c), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(iv)in paragraph (d), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the words “road, not being a public road”;

(b)in subsection (2), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(a)the roads authority for the road on which that land abuts; and

(b)if the works include the breaking up or opening in that land of a sewer vested in a local authority, that authority.;

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “public sewers” there shall be substituted the words “sewers vested in a local authority”;

(d)for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(4)In this Act the expression “roads authority” used in relation to—

(a)a public road or prospective public road, has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(b)controlled land, means the roads authority for the road on which that land abuts.; and

(e)in subsection (5)—

(a)for the words “ ”street managers’ (used in relation to a street that is not a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “ ”road managers’ (used in relation to a road that is not a public road”; and

(b)in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(4)In section 3 (settlement of a plan and section to be a condition of execution of major works)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)in paragraph (c), for the words “maintainable highway” and “street” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “public road” and “road”; and

(ii)in paragraphs (d), for the words “public sewer” there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in a local authority”;

(c)in subsection (4), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(d)in subsection (5), for the word “arbitrator”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”.

(5)In section 4 (procedure as to plans and sections etc: general provisions)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (4)(b)—

(i)for the words “arbitrator” and “street” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “arbiter” and “road”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (i) of the proviso, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(c)in subsection (5), for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”;

(d)in the proviso to subsection (6) for the words “street authority” and “street managers” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “roads authority” and “road managers”;

(e)in subsection (7), for the words “arbitrator” and “street” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “arbiter” and “road”; and

(f)in subsection (8)(b), for the word “arbitrator” there shall be submitted the word “arbiter”.

(6)In section 5 (procedure as to plans and sections etc.: provisions as to works in controlled land)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the words “street which is a maintainable highway or is prospectively a maintainable highway, the street” there shall be substituted the words “road which is a public road or prospective public road, the roads”;

(ii)for the word “street” where it occurs for the third and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and, where it occurs for the fourth time, there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “arbitrator”, in both places where it occurs, and “street” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “arbiter” and “roads”;

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)for the word “arbitrator”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”;

(ii)for the word “street” where it occurs for the first and second times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and, where it occurs for the third time, there shall be substituted the words “roads”; and

(d)in subsection (4)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)in paragraph (b), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(7)In section 6 (works not to be begun until after notice to authorities and managers concerned)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “prospectively maintainable highway” there shall; be substituted the words “a prospective public road”; and

(b)in subsection (4), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(8)In section 7 (requirements as to mode of executing major works and as to reinstatement)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, second, third and fifth times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the fourth time there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (6)—

(i)for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, second, fourth, fifth and sixth times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the third time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)for the words “maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(9)In section 8 (requirements as to safety)—

(a)in subsection (1), in each of paragraphs (a), (c) and (d), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (4), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the words “roads”; and

(c)in subsection (5), for the word “street” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(10)In section 9 (protection for street managers of a street which is prospectively a maintainable highway)—

(a)for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third, fourth and fifth times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the words “roads”; and

(b)for the words “prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “prospective public road”.

(11)In section 10 (protection for transport authorities: right to execute works and to be paid cost thereof)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, second, fourth, sixth, eighth and tenth times, there shall be in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the fifth, seventh and ninth times there shall in each case be substituted the words “roads”,

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)in paragraph (b) of the proviso to subsection (5), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(12)In section 11(1) (protection for transport authorities: special precautions in execution of certain works), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(13)In section 12 (protection for sewer authorities)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “public sewer of the authority” there shall be substituted the words “the sewer vested in the authority”;

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)for the words “public sewer” there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in a local authority”;

(ii)the word “sewer”, where it occurs for the second time, shall cease to have effect;

(c)in subsection (3), for the words “public sewer” there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in a local authority”; and

(d)in subsection (4)—

(i)for the words “public sewer, the sewer”, there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in a local authority, the”; and

(ii)for the words “public sewer of theirs” there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in the authority”.

(14)In section 13 (protection for managers of sewers, drains or tunnels not being public sewers)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “public sewer” there shall be substituted the words “sewer vested in a local authority”, and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “street” and “public sewers” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “road” and “sewers vested in local authorities”.

(15)In section 14 (provision as to default in removing apparatus placed temporarily)—

(a)for the words “street other than a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “road other than a public road”;

(b)for the word “street”, where it occurs for the second, fourth and fifth times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the third time there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(16)In section 17 (exclusion or restriction of requirements of consent as to certain code-regulated works)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the words “maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”;

(ii)in paragraph (a), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(iii)in sub-paragraph (i), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(iv)for the words “section four or section six of the Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “section 133 or 135 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(b)in subsection (4), for the word “street” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the second and third times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)in subsection (5), for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”.

(17)In section 18 (liabilities of undertakers to street and bridge authorities or managers)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third, fourth and fifth times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second and sixth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “street” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the second and third times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in subsection (4), for the words “street authority or street” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority or road”.

(18)In section 19 (liabilities of undertakers to transport authorities)—

(a)in subsection (1), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “prospective public road”; and

(c)for subsection (4) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(4)Where undertakers are required by a transport authority to give an indemnity by virtue of subsection (1) of this section against loss or damage, within the meaning of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940, in respect of which another person would if sued by the authority be liable in respect of a wrongful act or negligent act of admission, but in respect of which the undertakers are not so liable, the undertakers shall have the like right to recover contribution from that other person under section 3 of that Act as if the undertakers had been so liable..

(19)In section 20(3) (disapplication of requirements of consent in relation to the breaking up of certain roads), for the word “street”,wherever, it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(20)In section 21 (cases in which code is to have effect)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(ii)in paragraph (a), for the words “Minister, a county council, or the council of a borough or urban district, that is to say” there shall be substituted the words “ roads authority”; and after the word “carriageway.” there shall be inserted the word “footway,”;

(iii)after paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa) any works constructed, whether or not for road purposes, under section 27 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; or”; and

(iv)in paragraph (b), for the words “one for the maintenance or repair of which the Minister or a council mentioned in the preceding paragraph is liable” there shall be substituted the words “a public road”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)in subsection (3), for the words “, that is to say the Minister or the council” there shall be substituted the words “: the roads authority”.

(21) In section 22(2) (undertakers’ right to payment for works made necessary by, and obligation to facilitate, road, etc. works), in each of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the proviso, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(22)In section 26(1) (requirements as to undertakers’ works which are likely to affect other undertakers’ apparatus), for the word “street” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(23)In section 27(2) (liability of undertakers for cost of use of alternative route required by reason of their works), for the words “highway authority (if the latter road is a maintainable highway) or to the street” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority (if the latter road is a public road) or to the road”.

(24)In section 28 (restriction breaking up by undertakers of maintainable highways recently closed or re-surfaced)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i) for the words “maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”;

(ii)for the word “highway” where it occurs for the second and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the third and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (3), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in subsection (4), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(d)in subsection (6), for the word “highway” where it occurs for the first and third times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(d)in subsection (7), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(25)In section 29 (storage of equipment at side of road)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)after the word “track” there shall be inserted the word “, footway”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “street that is a maintainable highway, or is prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road or prospective public road”.

(26)In section 31 (arbitration)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”; and

(ii)for the words “President of the Institution of Civil Engineers” there shall be substituted the word “sheriff”; and

(b)after subsection (1) there shall be inserted the following subsections—

(1A)In any arbitration in accordance with the provisions of subsection (1) of this section the arbiter may, and if so directed by the Court of Session shall, state a case for the decision of the Court on any question of law arising in the arbitration; and the decision of the Court thereon shall be final unless the Court or the House of Lords give leave to appeal to the House of Lords against the decision.

(1B)Leave under subsection (1A) above may be given on such terms as to expenses or otherwise as the Court or House of Lords may determine..

(27)In section 33(3) (financial provisions)—

(a)for the words “Minister to make advances under section eight of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909” there shall be substituted the words “Secretary of State to make advances under section 3(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(b)for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(c)in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the words “the street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(28)In section 34(7)

(interpretation), in the definition of “bank holiday”, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(29)In section 36(14) (restriction on liability for damage etc. arising from undertakers’ works) for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(30)In section 37 (references to property held or used for transport undertakings, and to powers for railway or tramway purposes), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(31)In section 38 (references to powers to execute works in streets, to bridges and to service pipes and lines)—

(a)for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (1)(c), for the words “roadway and footpaths” there shall be substituted the words “carriageway and footway”; and

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)in paragraph (b), for the words “a private” to the end of the paragraph there shall be substituted the words “not a sewer vested in a local authority”; and

(ii)in the proviso, for the words “maintainable highway, or is the prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road, or prospective public road”.

(32)In section 39 (definitions)—

(a)after the definition of “bridge authority or managers” there shall be inserted the following definition—

  • carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

(b)for the definition of “classified road” there shall be sub-substituted the following definition—

classified road” means a road classified under section 11(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(c)for the definition of “county council” there shall be substituted the following definition—

cycle track” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(d)after the definition of “enactment” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

footpath” and “footway” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(e)in the definition of “in”, for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(f)after the definition of “in” there shall be inserted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(g)after the definition of “the Minister” there shall be inserted the following definition—

private road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(h)for the definitions of “public sewer” and “sewer authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

public road” has the meaning assigned to it by paragraph (a) of subsection (4) of section 1 of this Act; and references to a “prospective public road” shall be construed as mentioned in paragraph (b) of that subsection;;

(i)in the definition of “railway”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(j)after the definition of “reinstatement and making good” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

road” has (without prejudice to section 38(1) of this Act) the meaning assigned to it by section 1(3) of this Act;

roads authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(4) of this Act;

road managers” has the meaning assigned to it by section 2(5) of this Act;;

(k)in the definition of “road purposes”, for the words “of roads in subsection (5) of section eight of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909, the provision of a cattle-grid in a road and works ancillary thereto” there shall be substituted the words “in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(l)after the definitions of “service pipe” and “service line” there shall be inserted the following definition—

sewer authority” means the local authority in whom the sewer is vested;;

(m)in the definition of “tramway”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(n)after the definitions of “transport undertaking” and “transport authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

trunk road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(33)In Schedule 1 (definition of “controlled land” and provisions as to authorisation of works therein)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1)—

(i)for the words “street which is a maintainable highway or is prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “road which is a public road or prospective public road”;

(ii)in head (a), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(iii)for head (c) there shall be substituted the following head—

(c)is by virtue of an agreement capable of being immediately used by the roads authority for road purposes.;

(b)in paragraph 2, for the word “street” where it occurs for the first time there shall be substituted the words “roads”; and where it occurs for the second, fourth and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in paragraph 3, for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(d)in paragraph 4, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(e)in paragraph 5(1), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(f)in paragraph 6(1)—

(i)for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)at the end there shall be added the words “for Scotland”;

(g)in paragraph 6(2), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, second and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the third time there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(h)in paragraph 7, for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third, fifth and seventh times there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the second, fourth and sixth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and

(i)in paragraph 8, for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(34)For Schedule 2 (declarations designating streets as prospectively maintainable highways) there shall be substituted the following Schedule—

Second SCHEDULES Declarations Designating Roads as Prospective Public Roads

1Subject to paragraph 2 below, where a local roads authority are satisfied that a road in their area which is not a public road is likely to become a public road they may issue a declaration to that effect.

2A declaration under paragraph 1 above shall not be made as regards a road which is under the management or control of a transport authority.

3Each local roads authority shall keep a register in which shall be entered, in such manner as may be prescribed by the Secretary of State, particulars of every declaration made by them under paragraph 1 above; and they shall keep the register open to public inspection and allow any person to make a copy of any entry therein..

(35)In Schedule 3 (reinstatement and making good by street authority or street managers after execution of undertakers’ works)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1)—

(i)for the word “street” where it occurs for the first, third and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)in the proviso, for the words “street being a highway which is not a maintainable highway and” there shall be substituted the words “private road”;

(b)in paragraph 1(2), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in paragraph 1(3)—

(i)for the words “street which is prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “prospective public road”;

(ii)for the word “street” where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and where it occurs for the third, fourth and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and

(iii)for the words “appropriate local” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”;

(d)in paragraph 2, in each of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(e)in paragraph 4(1), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(f)in paragraph 5(2)(i), for the words “Minister of the Crown, a county council” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(36)In Schedule 4 (supplementary provisions of code)—

(a)in paragraph 1(2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in paragraph 4(b), for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”.

(37)In Schedule 5 (consequential modifications of public general enactments), in the entries relating to sections 15 and 16 of the Electric Lighting Act 1882 and section 17 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899, references to a street shall be construed as including references to a road (within the meaning of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.)

(38)In Schedule 6 (powers for consequential modification of special enactments, and for saving as to certain protections and consent requirements)—

(a)in paragraph 5, for the word “London” there shall be substituted the word “Edinburgh”; and

(b)in the Table—

(i)in head (i), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)in head (iii), for the words “council mentioned in subsection (1) of section twenty-one of this Act,” there shall be substituted the words “local roads authority”.

The Pet Animals Act 1951 (c. 35)S

40(1)The Pet Animals Act 1951 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 2 (pets not to be sold in streets or public places), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 7(3) (interpretation), after the definition of “pedigree animal” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Mineral Workings Act 1951 (c. 60)S

41For section 32 of the Mineral Workings Act 1951 there shall be substituted the following section—

32 Temporary stopping up of roads for purposes of mineral working.

32(1)An order made by the Secretary of State under section 198, or by the planning authority under section 198A or 199, of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (roads etc. affected by development: various orders) for the stopping up or diversion of a public road may, where he is, or as the case may be they are, satisfied—

(a)that the order is required for the purpose of enabling minerals to be worked by surface working: and

(b)that the road can be restored, after the minerals have been worked, to a condition not substantially less convenient to the public,

provide for the stopping up or diversion of the road during such period as may be prescribed by or under the order, and for the road’s restoration at the expiration of that period.

(2)Without prejudice to the provisions of the said section 198, 198A or 199 with respect to orders made thereunder, any such order as is authorised by subsection (1) of this section may contain such provisions as appear to the Secretary of State, or as the case may be the planning authority, to be expedient—

(a)for imposing upon persons who, apart from the order, would be subject to any liability with respect to the repair of the original road during the period prescribed by or under the order a corresponding liability in respect of any road provided in pursuance of the order;

(b)for the stopping up at the expiration of the said period of any road provided as aforesaid and for the reconstruction and maintenance of the original road;

and any provision included in the order in accordance with subsection (3) of the said section 198, or subsection (2) of the said section 199, requiring payment to be made in respect of any cost or expenditure under the order may provide for the payment of a capital sum in respect of the estimated amount of that cost or expenditure.

(3)In relation to any road which is stopped up or diverted by virtue of an order under the said section 198 or 198A, section 219 of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 shall have effect—

(a)as if for references to land which has been acquired as aforesaid and to the purchasing authority there were substituted respectively references to land over which the road subsisted and to the person entitled to possession of that land; and

(b)as if the references in subsection (4) to a planning authority or statutory undertaker included references to any person (other than the Secretary of State) who is entitled to possession as aforesaid;

and sections 222 to 225 of the said Act of 1972 shall have effect accordingly..

The Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (c. 14)S

42SIn section 1(4) of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (interpretation), after the word “highway” there shall be inserted the words “, or in Scotland any road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,”.

The Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c.69)S

43SIn section 5(2) of the Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (powers of Atomic Energy Authority), after the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “or road”.

The Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70)S

44SIn section 151(2) of the Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (fencing of abandoned and disused mines and of quarries) in each of paragraphs (b)(ii) and (c)(ii), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (c. 21)S

45SIn section 37(1) of the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (interpretation), after the definition of “predecessors in the tenancy” there shall be inserted the following definition—

public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 (c. 59)S

46In section 1(3)(i) (election of alternative to executing remedial works in relation to subsidence damage), for the words “highway maintainable or repairable by the inhabitants at large or a highway in Scotland managed and maintained by the Secretary of State or by a regional or islands council” there shall be substituted the words “public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c.30)S

47SIn section 9(4) of the Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (supplementary provisions with respect to stopping up and diversion of highways), for the words from the beginning to “right of way”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the words—

(4)In section 8 of this Act and this section, in their application to Scotland, “highway” means a road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984:.

The Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 (c. 50)S

48(1)The Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 1(1) (provision of omnibus shelters)—

(a)for the words “highway within their district” there shall be substituted the words “road within their area”; and

(b)for the word “highway” where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In the Table to section 2(1) (consents to exercise of powers under section 1), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs as part of the expression “highway authority”, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and for every other occurrence of the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”,

(4)In section 7(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “local authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69)S

49In section 13 of the Opencast Coal Act 1958 (apparatus of statutory undertakers)—

(a)in subsection (4), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (5), for the words “highway” and “highways” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “road” and “roads”;

(c)after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)In subsections (4) and (5) above, “road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.; and

(d)in subsection (6), the words “ ”highway’ includes a public right of way;” shall cease to have effect.

The Manoeuvres Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 7)S

50(1)The Manoeuvres Act 1958 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 3 (powers to close roads)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “Special Roads Act, 1949”, there shall be substituted the words “Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)subsection (5)(a) shall cease to have effect.

(3)In section 9 (interpretation), after the definition of “authorised forces”, there shall be inserted the following definition—

highway”, in relation to Scotland, means a road within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24)S

51SIn section 29 of the Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 except that it also includes any drain or ditch at the side of a road; and

(b)in subsection (4), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

The Weeds Act 1959 (c. 54)S

52SIn section 11(2) of the Weeds Act 1959 (interpretation), in the definition of “occupier”—

(a)for the words “the authority by whom the road is being maintained” there shall be substituted the words “the roads authority (“public road” and “roads authority” having the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”; and

(b)at the end there shall be added the following proviso—

: Provided that this Act does not apply as regards a road for which the roads authority is the Secretary of State.

The Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16)S

53SIn section 257(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1960 (general interpretation), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 (c. 41)S

54SIn section 15(1) of the Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 (interpretation), after the definition of “maintenance and management operations” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has the meaning given to it by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58)S

55(1)The Pipe-lines Act 1962 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 15 (power to place pipe-lines in streets)—

(a)in subsections (1) to (9), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (4), in each of the paragraphs (c) to (d), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “road over which there is a public right of passage”;

(c)in subsection (7), for the words from “shall be determined” to the end there shall be substituted the words “shall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbiter appointed by agreement between the parties concerned or, in default of agreement, by the sheriff; and in any such arbitration the arbiter may, and, if so directed by the Court of Session, shall, state a case for the decision of that court on any question of law arising in the arbitration.”; and

(d)for subsections (10) and (11) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(10)In this section, except where the context otherwise requires—

(a)where the road is a public road, the roads authority;

(b)where the road is a prospective public road, the roads authority and the road managers;

(c)where the road is neither a public road nor a prospective public road, the road managers;

  • carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

  • prospective road” shall be construed in accordance with section 1(4)(b) of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950;

(a)a special road;

(b)a trunk road; or

(c)such other road as is for the time being classified by the Secretary of State under section 11(1) of the said Act of 1984 as a protected road for the purposes of this Act;

  • public road” has the same meaning as in the said Act of 1984;

  • road” and “road managers” have the same meanings as in the said Act of 1950; and

  • roads authority”, “special road” and “trunk road” have the same meanings as in the said Act of 1984..

(3)In section 16 (modification of street works code in application to pipe-line works)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “street”, where it occurs for the first and fourth times, there shall in each case by substituted the word “roads”;

(ii)for the words “street which is a maintainable highway or is prospectively a maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “road which is a public road or prospective public road”;

(iii)for the word “street”, where it occurs for the third time, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(iv)for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”; and

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for the word “arbitrator” there shall be substituted the word “arbiter”.

(4)In section 66(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “in”, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31)S

56(1)The Weights and Measures Act 1963 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 21(2)(h) (requirement of document as to weight of vehicle and its load), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 58(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “prescribed” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(4)In Schedule 6 (provisions as to solid fuel)—

(a)in each of paragraphs 3B(1) and (2), 3C(1) and 10, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in paragraph 6A(1), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

The Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 (c. 28)S

57SIn each of sections 13(7) and 21(2)(a) of the Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 (reservation as regards powers of entry), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 51)S

58SIn section 46(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 (interpretation), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)S

59SIn section 23(5) of the Agriculture Act 1967 (reservation as regards powers of entry), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 86)S

60(1)The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 46 (protection and maintenance of public rights of way)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the words “footpath at the side of a road” there shall be substituted the word “footway”; and

(b)in subsection (3), after the words “than a” there shall be inserted the word “public”.

(3)In section 47 (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the following definition—

  • ; and

  • public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

(4)In section 51(1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(5)In section 54 (power to make byelaws for the preservation of order etc.)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)the word “or” immediately following paragraph (d) shall cease to have effect;

(ii)after paragraph (e) there shall be inserted the following words—

; or

(f)a picnic site managed by them by virtue of section 4 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,; and

(iii)for the words “or waterway”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “, waterway or picnic site”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “or waterway”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the words “, waterway or picnic site”.

(6)In section 78(1) (interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “enactment” there shall be inserted the following definition—

footway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(b)for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16)S

61(1)The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 6 (planning control in new towns)—

(a)in subsection (4), for the words “local highway authority or the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(b)in subsection (5)—

(i)after the word “into” there shall be inserted the words “be registered in the Land Register of Scotland or, as the case may”;

(ii)after the word “so” there shall be inserted the words “registered or”; and

(iii)for the words “local highway authority or the Secretary of State, as the case may be,” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(3)In section 8 (acquisition of land for roads in connection with new towns), in each of subsections (1) and (6), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(4)In section 9 (recording of compulsory purchase orders), after the word “shall” there shall be inserted the words “register it in the Land Register of Scotland or as the case may be”.

(5)In section 10(1)(a), (special procedure for acquisition of statutory undertakers’ operational land), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(6)In section 19 (power to override servitudes and other rights, in each of subsections (1), (3), (4) and (6), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(7)In section 20(1)

(use and development of churches and burial grounds)—

(a)for the words “local highway authority, or which has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(b)in paragraph (a), for the words “such a corporation or” there shall be substituted the words “a development corporation or local roads”.

(8)In section 21(1) (use and development of open spaces)—

(a)for the words “local highway authority, or which has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”; and

(b)in paragraph (a), for the words “such a corporation or” there shall be substituted the words “a development corporation or local roads”.

(9)In section 22 (displacement of persons from land acquired)—

(a)in subsection (3), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (4), for the words “local highway, or has been acquired under this Act by the Secretary of State” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(10)In section 23 (extinguishment of public rights of way over land acquired)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (2), for sub-paragraph (ii) and the words from “In this Subsection” to the end, there shall be substituted the following sub-paragraph—

(ii)on the local roads authority, unless they applied for the order to be made.; and

(c)in subsection (5), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(11)In section 24(1) (provision as to telegraphic lines), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(12)In section 26 (extinguishment of rights of way, and rights as to apparatus of statutory undertakers), in each of subsections (1)(a) and (5), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(13)In section 32(2)(a) (construction and maintenance of works or equipment required in connection with trolley vehicles services by development corporation), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(14)In section 42(1)

(powers of entry), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(15)In section 47(1)

(interpretation)—

(a)in the definition of “acquiring authority”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)for the definition of “local highway authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(c)in the definition of “planning permission”, for the words “the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947” there shall be substituted the words “Part III of the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972”; and

(d)after the definitions of “regional planning authority” and “district planning authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(16)In Schedule 3 (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisitions)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in paragraph 7(2)(b), for the words from “section 1” to the end there shall be substituted the words section 5 or 15 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, or of either of the following enactments no longer in force—

(i)section 1 of the Trunk Roads Act 1946 (additional trunk roads and reorganisation of trunk road system);

(ii)section 14(1) of the Special Roads Act 1949 (amendments of law relating to trunk roads).;

(c)in paragraph 8(b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(d)in paragraph 13(1)(b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(17)In Schedule 4(1) (procedure for authorising compulsory acquisition of statutory undertakers’ operational land), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

The Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)S

62SIn section 57(4) of the Firearms Act 1968 (interpretation), in the definition of “public place”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

The Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)S

63SIn section 32 of the Countryside Act 1968 (traffic regulation orders for the countryside)—

(a)in subsection (8), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (10)—

(i) in the definition of “Crown road”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”; and

(ii)for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

road”, “public road” and “trunk road” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47)S

64(1)The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 3(1) and (2) (construction of public sewers and public sewage treatment works), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 12(7) (breaking open street in relation to connecting premises with public sewer etc.), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(4)In section 41 (power to break open streets)—

(a)for the words “the carriageway and footways of any street and of any bridge carrying a street” there shall be substituted the words “any road, any bridge carrying a road,”;

(b)for the words from “or vault” to “footway”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the words “, vault, sewer, drain or tunnel in or under a road”; and

(c)for the words “carriageway or footway”, where they occur for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 59(1)

(interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “river purification authority” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950;;

(b)the definition of “street” shall cease to have effect; and

(c)after the definition of “trade premises” there shall be inserted the following definition—

trunk road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (c. 52)S

65SIn section 13(1) of the Caravan Sites Act 1968 (twin-unit caravans) for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)S

66(1)The Transport Act 1968 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 116 (transfer of responsibility for maintenance of highways on bridges)—

(a)in subsection (3), for the word “highway” where it occurs for the first and fourth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”, and where it occurs for the second, third and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”;

(b)for subsection (4) and (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(4) Where paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section are not satisfied immediately before the appointed day in the case of any bridge as is mentioned in that subsection, or such a bridge as aforesaid is constructed after that day, then if on any subsequent day—

(a)the Board or Boards concerned are responsible for maintaining the road carried by the bridge, or that road together with the road giving access to the bridge (the “access road”); and

(b)the road at each end—

(ii)if the Board or Boards are also responsible for maintaining the access road, of the bridge and the access road,

is a public road,

the road (or roads) for which they are so responsible shall forthwith be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by the authority under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.;

(c)in subsection (6)—

(i)at the beginning there shall be inserted the words “Without prejudice to the provisions of the said Act of 1984,” and

(ii)for the word “highway” where it occurs for the first, third, fourth and fifth times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”, and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(d)in subsection (7), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 117 (duties as respects bridges carrying highways)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (3)(b), for the words “when it is opened for traffic” there shall be substituted the words—

(i)when the bridge is opened (the date of opening being before 1st January 1985) for traffic on the highway so carried;

(ii)when the bridge is opened (the date of opening being on or after 1st January 1985) for traffic on the road so carried.; and

(c)in subsection (5), after the word “highway” there shall be inserted the words “, or as the case may be road.”

(4)In section 118(1) (duty of highway authority as respects road bridge over railway or inland waterway)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for the “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(5)In section 119(1) (ending of liability of certain Boards to make payments in being relieved of responsibility for bridges carrying trunk or special roads—

(a)for the words “229 of the Highways Act 1959 or section 7 of the Trunk Roads Act 1946” there shall be substituted the words “266 of the Highways Act 1980 or section 80 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(b)after the word “highways”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be inserted the words “, or as the case may be roads,”;

(c)for the words “230 of the said Act of 1959 or section 8 of the Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “267 of the said Act of 1980 or section 81 of the said Act of 1984”;

(d)in paragraph (a), for the words “58(2) of the said Act of 1959, section 7(3) of the said Act of 1946 or section 8(2) of the said Act of 1949” there shall be substituted the words “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)”, and after the word “highway” there shall be inserted the words “, or as the case may be road,”, and

(e)in paragraph (b), for the words “229(3) or 230(2) of the said Act of 1959 or the said section 7(3) or 8(2)” there shall be substituted the words “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)”.

(6)In section 121(8) (interpretation), at the end there shall be added the words “; and in the application of the said subsection (5) to Scotland the reference to a highway authority shall be construed as a reference to a roads authority.”.

(7)In section 122 (further provision as regards interpretation)—

(a)in subsections (1) and (3), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

(8)In section 123 (power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(9)In section 124(1)(a) (Railways Board’s obligations at level crossings with roads other than public carriage roads), for the words “public carriage” there shall be substituted the words “carriageway of a public”.

(10)In section 159(1) (general interpretation)—

(a)after the definition of “bus service” there shall be inserted the following definition—

carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(b)in the definition of “highway authority”, paragraph (b) shall cease to have effect;

(c)after the definition of “liability” there shall be inserted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(d)after the definition of “plated weight” there shall be inserted the following definition—

public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(e)after of “the Railways Board” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

road” and “roads authority” have the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Vehicles Excise Act 1971 (c. 10)S

67In section 38(1) of the Vehicles (Excise) Act 1971 (interpretation), in the definition of “public road”, at the end there shall be added the words “except that in Scotland it has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.”.

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The Roads Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27)S

69SIn section 7(1) of the Road Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (interpretation), for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52)S

70(1)) The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 14 (disregarding of representations with respect to development authorised by or under other enactments), in paragraph (a), for the words from “1 of” to “1949” there shall be substituted the words “5, 7, 9 or 12 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(3)In section 19(2) (certain operations or uses of land not to be taken to involve development)—

(a)in paragraph (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in paragraph (c), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(4)In section 136(2) (compensation not payable in respect of imposition of certain conditions), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 181(1) (scope of certain provisions relating to blight notices)—

(a)for paragraph (e) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(e)is land on or adjacent to the line of a road proposed to be constructed, improved or altered, as indicated in an order or scheme—

(i)which has come into operation under; or

(ii)which is proposed to be made of confirmed under, and in respect of which a notice has been published under Schedule 1 to,

the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 being land in relation to which a power of compulsory acquisition conferred by that Act may become exercisable as being land required for purposes of construction, improvement or alteration as indicated in the order or scheme;; and

(b)in paragraph (f), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(6)In section 194(4) (questions as to appropriate authority for purposes of certain provisions), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(7)In section 195 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (3), for the word “highway”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(aa)the coming into operation of any requisite scheme or order under the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(8)In section 198 (highways affected by development: orders by Secretary of State)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2)Any order under this section may make such provision as appears to the Secretary of State to be necessary or expedient for the construction or improvement of any other road, and may direct that the other road so constructed or improved—

(a)shall be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by them under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984; or

(b)shall be deemed for the purposes of that Act to have been constructed by him under section 19 thereof,

and in the case of a road so deemed, that it shall, on such date as may be specified in the order, become a trunk road within the meaning of that Act.;

(c)in subsection (3)—

(i)in paragraph (a), sub-paragraph (ii), and the word “or” immediately preceding that sub-paragraph, shall cease to have effect; and

(ii)in paragraph (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(d)in each of subsections (4) and (5)(a), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(9)In section 198A (highways affected by development: orders by planning authorities)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(ii)in paragraph (a), for the words “section 50 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970” there shall be substituted the words “the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(iii)in paragraph (b), for the words “section 1 of the Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “that Act”;

(b)in subsection (2)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the word “provision”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “construction”, for the word “highway”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”, and for the words “any highway so provided or improved shall be maintained and managed by the highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “the other road so constructed or improved shall be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by the local roads authority under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(ii)in paragraph (b)(i), the words “sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of” shall cease to have effect;

(c)in each of subsections (3) and (4), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(d)in subsection (5), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(10)In section 201 (order extinguishing right to use vehicles on highway)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “8 of the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909” there shall be substituted the words “3 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in subsection (3), for the word “highway”—

(i)where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(d)in each of subsection (4), (5) and (8), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(e)in subsection (9)(b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(f)in subsection (10)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the word “provision”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “construction”, for the word “highway”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”, and for the words “any highway so provided or improved shall be maintained and managed by the highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “the other road so constructed or improved shall be entered by the local roads authority in the list of public roads kept by the local roads authority under section 1 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(ii)in paragraph (b)(i), the words “sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of” shall cease to have effect; and

(g)in subsection (11)(a), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(11)In section 202 (provision of amenity for highway reserved to pedistrians)—

(a)in each of subsections (1) to (4), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in subsection (5), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(12)In section 204 (procedure for making of orders by Secretary of State), in each of subsections (2) and (7), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(13)In section 205(1) (further procedure in anticipation of planning permission, etc.), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(14)In section 205(1)(a) (further procedure in anticipation of planning permission, etc.), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(15)In section 206(3)(aa) (provision as to time specified in certain orders), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(16)In section 208 (concurrent proceedings in connection with roads)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “207 of this Act (as mentioned in subsection (1)(a) of that section)” there shall be substituted the words “104(1)(b)(i) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)in subsection (2)(b), for the words “207 of this Act (as mentioned in subsection (1)(b) of that section)” there shall be substituted the words “104(1)(b)(ii) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(17)In section 209 (provision as to telegraphic lines)—

(a)in subsection (1), the words “, 200” shall cease to have effect, and for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” in the first and second places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”, and in the third place where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(18) In section 210A(2) (recovery of costs of making orders relating to roads, paths, etc.)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in paragraph (d), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(19) In section 242(1) (contributions by local authorities towards certain expenses incurred by a local highway authority of the Secretary of State)—

(a)for the words from “the provisions” to “highways” there shall be substituted the words “section 5(9) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (power of local roads authority to contribute towards costs incurred by Secretary of State in construction or improvement of trunk road”; and

(b)for the words “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(20)In section 250(1) (expenses of, and borrowing by, local authorities), for the words “highway” and “highways” there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”.

(21)In section 275(1) (interpretation)—

(a)in the definition of “engineering operations”, for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)for the definition of “improvement” there shall be substituted the following definition—

improvement”, in relation to a road, has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(c)for the definition of “local highway authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(d)in the definition of “means of access”, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(e)after the definition of “restriction on the winning and working of minerals” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(22)In Schedule 18 (procedure in connection with orders relating to footpaths and bridleways) in both—

(a)the proviso to paragraph 3(1); and

(b)paragraph 3(2),

for the words “199 or 200” there shall be substituted the words “or 199”.

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The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56)S

72(1)) The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)Subject to sub-paragraph (4) below, in the sections referred to in sub-paragraph (3) below for references (whether in the singular or plural) to “highway authority” and “local highway authority” there shall be substituted respectively references to “road”, “roads authority” and “local roads authority”.

(3)The sections to which sub-paragraph (2) above refers are sections 1(3), (4), (6), (7), and (9), 9(1), (2), and (5), 13(1) and (3), 17(1) and (3), 18(9) and 26(1) and (2).

(4)In section 17(1) (interpretation of Part I) the definitions of “highway” and “highway authority” shall cease to have effect.

(5)In section 18(9), for the words “section 8 of the Development and Road Improvement funds Act 1909” there shall be substituted the words “section 3 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(6)Section 26(4)(a) shall cease to have effect.

(7)In section 65—

(a)subsection (1) shall cease to have effect; and

(b)in each of subsections (2) and (3), for the words “this section” there shall be substituted the words “section 181(1)(e)(ii) of the Act of 1972”.

(8)In section 77(4), for the words “69 and 70(2)” there shall be substituted the words “and 69”.

(9)In section 80 (general interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)there shall be inserted in the appropriate places in alphabetical order the following definitions—

  • carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

  • local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;

  • roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(ii) for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(b)subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)S

73SIn section 133 of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (roads), for the words “local highway authority” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted the words “local roads authority”.

The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)S

74(1)The Control of Pollution Act 1974 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 13 (dustbins etc.)—

(a)in subsection (7)(c), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”: and

(b)in subsection (7A)—

(i)for the word “highway”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)in paragraph (a), for the words “relevant highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(3)In section 27(1) (interference with refuse tips and dustbins etc.)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for the words “parish or community council” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”;

(b)in paragraph (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)the words “or council” and from “In the application” to “1970” shall ceased to have effect.

(4)In section 32(1)(c) (control of discharge of matter other than trade or sewage effluent)—

(a)for the words “works which a highway authority is obliged or entitled to keep open by virtue of section 10 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970” there shall be substituted the words “a drain which a roads authority is obliged or entitled to keep open by virtue of section 31 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)for the word “highway”, where it occurs for the third time, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(5)In section 62 (noise in streets)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i) for the word “street”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)the words from “In this subsection” to “public” shall cease to have effect; and

(b)in subsection (2)(e), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)”.

(6)In section 105(1) (interpretation), after the definition of “regulations” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

road” (except where the context otherwise requires) has the same meaning as in the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950;

roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

(7)In section 106 (general application to Scotland), subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

The Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (c. 52)S

75SIn section 17(1) of the Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975, in the definition of “means of access”, for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78)S

76(1)The Airports Authority Act 1975 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 13 (control of road traffic), in subsection (8), for the words from “or local” to the end there shall be substituted the words ” “highway authority or local authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority as defined in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.’.

(3)In section 20 (provisions as to telegraphic lines), at the end there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(8)In the application of this section to Scotland, the reference to the highway authority shall be construed as a reference to the roads authority within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, and the reference to a highway shall be construed as a reference to a road within the meaning of the said section 151(1)..

The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 66)S

77(1)The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 28(2) (interpretation)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for a word “Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)in paragraph (b), for the words “2 to that Act, as varied from time to time by any order under section 2” there shall be substituted the words “3 to that Act, as varied from time to time by any order under section 8”.

(3)In section 139(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “hawking”, for the words “the streets, highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3)S

78(1)The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 2(1)(a) (unauthorised dumping of motor vehicles etc.), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(3)In section 3 (removal of abandoned vehicles)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (3), the words “within the meaning of the Highways Act 1959” and “within the meaning of that Act” shall cease to have effect; and

(c)subsection (4) shall cease to have effect.

(4)In section 6(1)

(removal and disposal of things other than motor vehicles), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In section 11(1) (interpretation)—

(a)for the definition of “highway” there shall be substituted the following definition—

carriageway” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(b)after the definition of “the relevant date” there shall be inserted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

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The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44)S

80SIn section 18 of the Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (improvements as to premises of educational establishments for the safety of pupils), for subsection (5) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(5)In this section “road”, “public road” and “private road” have the meanings ascribed to them by section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)..

The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45)S

81(1)The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 9(5) (powers of water authority as regards supply of water for non-domestic purposes), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(3)In section 10(5)

(interpretation)—

(a)for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b)roads authorities as defined in section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(b)for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(d)road managers as defined in section 2(5) of the said Act of 1950;.

(4)In each of sections 13(5) (accelerated procedure for supply of water in bulk) and 22 (power to break open streets), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(5)In section 23 (power to lay mains etc.)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first and second times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road” and for the words from “the persons” to “street” where it occurs for the third time there shall be substituted the words—

(i)where the road is a public road, the roads authority; and

(ii)in any other case, the authority or person responsible for the maintenance of the road, or, if no authority or person is so responsible, to the owners of the solum of the road,; and

(ii)in paragraph (b), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(6)In section 24 (communication and supply pipes), in each of subsections (1) and (4) for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(7)In section 25(2) (power of islands or district council to erect and maintain drinking fountain or trough)—

(a)for the word “street”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)for the words from “if” to “authority” where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the words “there shall be no such erection by the district council without the roads authority’s consent”.

(8)In section 33 (temporary discharge of water into watercourse)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road” and for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)in subsection (10), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(9)In section 75(2)(b) (saving as regards penalty for polluting water), for the words “highway, so long as the highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road, so long as the roads”.

(10)In section 76(3) (carrying of drain etc. under, across or along any street)—

(a)for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)for the words “street”, where it first occurs, and “streets” there shall be substituted, respectively, the words “road” and “roads”; and

(c)for the words “street maintainable at the public expense” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(11)In section 77(3)(c) (application of order relating to obtaining supplies of water to meet drought), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(12)In section 109 (interpretation)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)the definition of “bridge authority” shall cease to have effect;

(ii)in the definition of “communication pipe” for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(iii)the definitions of “highway” and “highway authority” shall cease to have effect;

(iv)after the definition of “prescribed” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

  • private road” and “public road” have the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(v)after the definition of “river purification authority” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

  • road” has the same meaning as in the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950;

  • roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(vi)the definition of “street” shall cease to have effect; and

(b)subsection (2) shall cease to have effect.

(13)in section 110 (further provision as to communication pipes) in each of subsections (1) and (2), for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(14)In Schedule 3 (provisions as to breaking open streets and laying communication and supply pipes)—

(a)in paragraph 1—

(i)for the words “the roadway and footpaths of any street and of any bridge carrying a street” there shall be substituted the words “a road”;

(ii)for the word “street” where it occurs for the third time there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(iii)for the words “roadway or footpath”, in both places where they occur, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in paragraph 2—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for the words “the roadway or footpath of a street or bridge (not being a street or bridge maintainable at the public expense) which is” there shall be substituted the words “a private road”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (2), for the words “the roadway or footpath of any length of street” there shall be substituted the words “any length of road”;

(c)paragraph 3 shall cease to have effect;

(d)in paragraph 4—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for the word “street” where it occurs for the first and second times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”, and in the proviso, for the words “the persons having control or management of the street” there shall be substituted the words—

(i)where the road is a public road, the roads authority; and

(ii)in any other case, the authority or person responsible for the maintenance of the road, or, if no authority or person is so responsible, to the owners of the solum of the road;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(e)in each of paragraphs 5, 6(1), 7(2) and 8 for the word “street”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(f)in paragraph 9, in the proviso to sub-paragraph (2)—

(i)for the word “street”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(15)In Schedule 4 (provisions to be included in orders relating to water undertakings)—

(a)in paragraph 2 for the word “street” in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in paragraph 22, for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in paragraph 24—

(i)in sub-paragraph (1), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “roads”;

(d)in paragraph 36, for the word “streets”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads” and for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(e)in paragraph 39—

(i)in the proviso to sub-paragraph (1) for the words “to the persons having the control or management of the street or other place where they propose to open the ground, and” there shall be substituted the following words—

—(a)where the ground is, or comprehends, part of—

(i)a public road, to the roads authority; or

(ii)any road, to the person responsible for the maintenance of that road, or, if no authority or person is so responsible, to the owners of the solum of that part; and

(b)where or in so far as the ground is not mentioned in head (a) above, to the person having the control or management of the ground;

and the undertakers ;

and for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (2), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)S

82SIn section 20(1) of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (interpretation), after the definition of “functional work” there shall be inserted the following definition—

highway”, in relation to Scotland, means a road as defined in section 151 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)S

83SIn section 82(1) of the Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (interpretation), in the definition of “road”, at the end there shall be added the words “except that in Scotland it as the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)S

84SIn section 72(1) of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (general interpretation)—

(a)for the words from the beginning to “restrictions)” there shall be substituted the words “Section 29 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (further provision as to fences)”; and

(b)for the words “highway authority” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16)S

85(1)) The Civil Aviation Act 1982 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 105 (general interpretation), after subsection (5) there shall be inserted the following subsection—

(5A)In the application of this Act to Scotland references to a highway shall have effect as references to a road within the meaning of section 151(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

(3)In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2 (application to Civil Aviation Authority of enactments relating to statutory undertakings)—

(a)the words “section 40 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970” shall cease to have effect; and

(b)at the end there shall be added the words “; section 140 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984.”.

The Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43)S

86(1)) The Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.S

(2)In section 25 (islands or district council’s functions in relation to street cleansing)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (3)—

(i)for the word “street”, where it first occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words from “street”, where it occurs for the second time, to the end there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” means any public road other than a trunk road or special road (“public road”, “trunk road” and “special road” having the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984)..

(3)In section 30 (power of islands and district councils to provide and maintain roadside seats)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “islands and district councils” there shall be substituted the words “an islands council or, with the consent of the roads authority, a district council”; and

(b)for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2)In subsection (1) above, “footway” and “roads authority” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984..

The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)S

87(1)) The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 shall be amended with this paragraph.S

(2) In section 19(5) (restriction on power to appoint taxi stance)—

(a)for the words “highway authority (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970)” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”;

(b)for the “highway”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(c)the words “being a highway” shall cease to have effect.

(3)In section 48(4)

(interpretation of provisions relating to fouling of pavements by dogs), for the words “meanings respectively assigned to them by section 50(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970” there shall be substituted the words “same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(4)In section 54(3)(e) (non-application of provisions relating to annoyance caused by playing instruments etc.), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(5)In the proviso to section 96(1) (restriction on exercise of certain powers as regards statutes and monuments), for head (ii) there shall be substituted the following head—

(ii)where such land is a road, the roads authority,

(6)In section 125(1) (interference with dustbins etc.) for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(7)In section 128(2) (control of stray dogs), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the words “in roads”.

(8)In section 133 (interpretation), after the definition of “public place” there shall be inserted the following definitions—

public road”, “road” and “roads authority” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)S

88(1)In section 75 of the Transport Act 1982 (interpretation), in the definition of “road”, at the end there shall be added the words “except that in Scotland it has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.S

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The Level Crossings Act 1983 (c. 16)S

89SIn section 1(11) of the Level Crossings Act 1983 (interpretation), for the definition of “road”, there shall be substituted the following definition—

road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;.

The Litter Act 1983 (c. 35)S

90SIn section 7(1) of the Litter Act 1983 (litter bins in Scotland), for paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(a)in or adjacent to any road (within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984) maintainable or maintained by a local authority,.

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The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)S

92(1)) The Telecommunications Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 10(4)(b) (exceptions and conditions in licence under section 7), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(3)In section 98 (use of conduits for telecommunication purposes)—

(a)in subsection (5), for the word “streets” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (9), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(4)In Schedule 2 (the Telecommunications Code)—

(a)in paragraph 1(1)—

(i)the definitions of “maintainable highway” and “street” shall cease to have effect;

(ii)the following definitions shall be inserted in the appropriate place in alphabetical order—

  • public road” means a public road within the meaning of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 other than one which is a footpath or a bridleway that crosses, and forms part of, any agricultural land or any land which is being brought into use for agriculture; “road” has the meaning given by section 1(3) of the said Act of 1950;;

(b)in paragraph 1(3), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(c)in paragraph 1(4)—

(i)for the word “street” where it first occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(ii)for the words “street is a highway which” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(d)paragraph 1(5) shall cease to have effect;

(e)in paragraph 2(8)(a)—

(i)for the word “street” in each place where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)the words “(which for this purpose shall be deemed to extend to Northern Ireland)” shall cease to have effect;

(f)in paragraph 3(5), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(g)in paragraph 9(1), for the word “street” in the first, second and third places where it occurs there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(h)in paragraph 9(2)—

(i)for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(ii)for the words “maintainable highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”;

(i)in paragraph 9(3), for the words “Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”;

(j)in paragraph 19(1), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(k)in paragraph 21(10), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)S

93(1)) The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.

(2)In section 1 (traffic regulation orders)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the words from “and to section” to end there shall be substituted the words “shall be the roads authority.”;

(b)in subsection (3)—

(i)after the word “local” there shall be inserted the word “roads”;

(ii)for the words “trunk road” where they first occur there shall be substituted the words “road for which he is the roads authority”; and

(iii)the word “trunk”, where it occurs for the second time, shall cease to have effect; and

(c)in subsection (4), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(3)In section 2(4) (preservation or improvement of amenity), for the words “authority (as defined in section 1(2)(a) of this Act)” there shall be substituted the words “roads authority”.

(4)In section 9, for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

(2)The authority having power to make an experimental traffic order shall be the roads authority or (where the experimental traffic order is made with the consent of the Secretary of State in relation to a length of road for which he is the roads authority) the local authority which would, with his consent, have power to make a traffic regulation order under section 1(2) and (3) of this Act in relation to the length of road..

(5)In section 10 (supplementary provisions as to experimental traffic orders)—

(a)in subsection (2), for the words “the highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (3), for the words “a highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(6)In section 14 (temporary prohibition or restriction of traffic on roads)—

(a)in each of subsections (1) and (3), for the word “highway” where it occurs for the—

(i)first time there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)second time there shall be substituted the word “road”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(c)in subsection (5)—

(i)for the word “highway”, where it first occurs and where it occurs in paragraph (a), there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)for paragraphs (b) and (c) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

(b)where the initiating authority is not the roads authority for the alternative road (such roads authority being in this paragraph referred to as the ”second authority’) and the second authority is—

(i)a local roads authority, be made by order made by the initiating authority with the consent of the second authority;

(ii)the Secretary of State, be made by order made by the second authority on the application of the initiating authority..

(7)In section 17(1) (restrictions on use of special road) for the words “1 of the Special Roads Act 1949” there shall be substituted the words “7 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(8)In section 18(1) (one-way traffic on trunk roads), for the words “1 of the Trunk Roads Act 1946” there shall be substituted the words “5 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(9)In section 19(1) (regulation of use of highways by public service vehicles), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(10)In section 21(3) (interpretation), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(11)In section 23 (powers of local authorities with respect to pedestrian crossings)—

(a)in subsection (1)(a), for the words “trunk roads” there shall be substituted the words “roads for which the Secretary of State is the roads authority”; and

(b)in subsection (5)(b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(12)In section 24 (duty of Secretary of State to establish pedestrian crossings), for the words “trunk roads” there shall be substituted the words “roads for which he is the roads authority.”.

(13)In section 29 (prohibition of traffic on roads to be used as playgrounds), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(14) In section 32(4)(a) (interpretation), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(15)In section 34 (which is extended to Scotland by section 125 of this Act and which relates to the provision of access to premises through off-street parking places), in subsection (1)(a), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(16)In section 37(1) (extension of powers for purposes of general scheme of traffic control), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(17)In section 38(3) (power to charge for parking place for public service vehicle), for the word “street” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(18)In section 45 (designation of paying parking places on highways)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway” where it occurs for the first and third times there shall in each case be substituted the words “roads”; where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the word “road”; and for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”;

(b)in subsection (3)(c), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(c)in subsection (7)(c), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “roads”.

(19)In section 53(1)

(content of designation order), for the word “highways” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(20)In section 55 (financial provisions relating to designation orders)—

(a)in subsection (4)—

(i)for the word “highways”, where it occurs for the first, second and third times, there shall in each case be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)in sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (d), for the words from “of any work” to the end there shall be substituted the words—

purposes of a project connected with the doing by the roads authority (whether or not the local authority) of anything which, within the meaning of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, constitutes the improvement of a road in the local authority’s area.; and

(b)subsection (5) shall cease to have effect.

(21)In section 64(4)(c) (placing of traffic sign on or near road), in each of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(22)In section 65 (powers and duties as to placing of traffic signs)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “a highway” there shall be substituted the words “the roads”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”.

(23) In section 66 (traffic signs for giving effect to local traffic regulations etc.)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”; and

(b)in subsection (2)(d), for the words “385 of the Burgh Police (Scotland) Act 1892” there shall be substituted the words “62 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”.

(24)In section 67(1) (emergencies and temporary obstructions), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(25)In section 68 (placing of traffic signs in connection with exercise of other powers), in each of subsections (2) and (3), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(26)In section 69 (general provisions as to removal of signs)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)for the word “highway” there shall be substituted in the word “roads”; and

(ii)for the words “the roads” there shall be substituted the words “a road”;

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(c)in subsection (3), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”.

(27)In section 70(1) (default powers of Secretary of State as to traffic signs), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”.

(28)In section 71(1) (power to enter land in connection with traffic signs) for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”.

(29)In section 77 (traffic signs: modifications as respects trunk roads), for the words “trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “road for which the Secretary of State is roads authority”.

(30)In section 78 (modifications in relation to roads where parking permitted without lights)—

(a)in subsection (1)—

(i)in paragraph (a), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(ii)in paragraph (b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(31)In section 79(5) (advances by Secretary of State towards the expenses of traffic signs), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “local roads”.

(32)In section 80(1) (interpretation), for the word “highway”, in both places where it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

(33)In section 83 (directions as regards what roads are restricted roads)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “road managed and maintained by him”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “a trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “managed and maintained by the Secretary of State”.

(34)In section 84(2) (powers as regards speed limits on roads other than restricted roads), for the words “trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “road for which he is the roads authority”.

(35)In section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the words “trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “road managed and maintained by him”; and

(b)in subsection (2), for the words “a trunk road” there shall be substituted the words “so managed and maintained”.

(36) In section 92 (bollards and other obstructions on roads)—

(a)in subsection (1), for the word “highway”, where it occurs for the second time, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (4), for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

(a)where the order referred to in subsection (1) above has been made as regards a road managed and maintained by the Secretary of State, may be placed on the road by him; and

(b)where the order has been made as respects a road other than one so managed and maintained, may be placed on the road by the local roads authority..

(37)In section 93(1) (powers of Secretary of State in relation to functions under section 92) for the words from “trunk” where it first occurs to “that point” there shall be substituted the words “road managed and maintained by him he may authorise or require the roads authority for any other road which at that point leads into or crosses the road so managed and maintained”.

(38)In each of sections 100(5)(c) and 106(8)(c) (interpretation), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “roads”.

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(40)In section 122(1) (exercise of functions by local authorities), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the word “road”.

(41)In section 131 (application of road traffic enactments to Crown roads)—

(a)in subsection (2), in each of paragraphs (a) and (b), for the word “highway”, wherever it occurs, there shall be substituted the word “roads”; and

(b)in subsection (7)(b), for the word “highway” there shall be substituted the words “public road”.

(42)In section 132(5) (special provisions as to certain Crown roads), for the words “highway authority shall include power to give the like directions to the local authority concerned” there shall be substituted the words “local roads authority shall include power to give the like directions to them”.

(43)In section 134(4) (provisions as to regulations), for the words “or section” there shall be substituted the words “, 132A or”.

(44)In sections 142(1) (interpretation)—

(a)in the definition of “highway authority”, paragraph (b), and the word “and” immediately preceding that paragraph, shall cease to have effect;

(b)for the definition of “local highway authority” there shall be substituted the following definition—

local roads authority” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(c)after the definition of “prescribed” there shall be inserted the following definition—

public road” has the same meaning as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;;

(d)for the definition of “road” there shall be substituted the following definitions—

road” and “roads authority” have the same meanings as in the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984;; and

(e)in the definition of “special road”—

(i)the word “or”, where it occurs for the second time, shall cease to have effect; and

(ii)after the words “1980”, where they first occur, there shall be inserted the words “or section 7 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984,”.

(45)In Schedule 9 (special provisions as to certain orders)—

(a)in paragraph 19(b), for the words “28(2) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966” there shall be substituted the words “11(1) of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984”; and

(b)in paragraph 25, for the word “highway”, where it occurs for the first and third times there shall in each case be substituted the word “road”; and where it occurs for the second time there shall be substituted the words “roads”.’.

Section 156(2).

SCHEDULE 10S Transitional Provisions and Savings

1(1)Subject to paragraph 4 of this Schedule, in so far as anything done or having effect as if done under or in pursuance of any of the enactments repealed by this Act (in this Schedule referred to as “the repealed enactments”) could have been done under or in pursuance of a corresponding provision of this Act, it shall not be invalidated by reason only of the repeal but shall have effect as if done under or in pursuance of that provision; and anything begun under any of the repealed enactments may be continued under the corresponding provision of this Act as if begun under that provision.S

(2)Sub-paragraph (1) above applies in particular to any regulation, byelaw, determination, decision, authorisation, application, licence, renewal, suspension, revocation, notice, purchase, disposal, charge, certificate, prohibition, registration, refusal, cancellation, variation, appeal, objection, advertisement, specification, condition or penalty prescribed, responsibility imposed or warrant granted.

2SWithout prejudice to any express amendment made by this Act, where any enactment or document refers, either expressly or by implication, to any of the repealed enactments, the reference shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as, or as including, a reference to the corresponding provision of this Act.

3SWhere any period of time specified in any of the repealed enactments is current at the commencement of this Act, this Act shall have effect as if the corresponding provision of this Act had been in force when that period began to run.

4(1)Nothing in this Act shall affect the repealed enactments in their operation in relation to offences committed before the commencement of this Act.S

(2)Where an offence, for the continuance of which a penalty was provided, has been committed under any of the repealed enactments proceedings may, in the same manner as if the offence had been committed under the corresponding provision of this Act, be taken under this Act in respect of the continuance, after the commencement of this Act, of the offence.

5SWithout prejudice to paragraph 1 or 4 above, any reference in this Act (whether express or implied) to a thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted to be done, or to any event which has occurred, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act shall, except where the context otherwise requires, be construed as including a reference to the corresponding thing done or required or authorised to be done, or omitted, or to the corresponding event which occurred as the case may be, under or for the purposes of or by reference to or in contravention of the corresponding provisions of the repealed enactments and of the enactments repealed by those enactments.

6For the purposes of the operation in relation to this Act of section 32(1) of the M14PublicUtilities Street Works Act 1950 (provision as to payments falling to be made under enactments passed before the passing of that Act and instruments made under or confirmed by such enactments), any provision of this Act derived from any Act repealed by this Act shall be deemed to have been passed on the date of the repealed Act’s enactment.

Marginal Citations

M14 14 Geo. 6 c. 39.

7SIn relation to an order under section 3 of the M15Special Roads Act 1949 coming into force before the appointed day within the meaning of section 2 of the M16Telecommunications Act 1984, section 20 of the said Act of 1949 shall have effect, notwithstanding any repeal made by this Act, as it had effect immediately before that appointed day.

Marginal Citations

Section 156(3)

SCHEDULE 11S Repeals

ChapterShort titleExtent of repeal
8 & 9 Vict.c. 33The Railway Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845In section 11, the word “streets”.
In section 16, the word “streets,” where it first occurs.
In section 18, the words “pavements,”, “, streets, highways, lanes,” and “passages and”.
In section 46, the words “whether carriage road, horse road, tramroad or railway, either public or private,”.
28 & 29 Vict.c. 56.The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865.In section 3, the words “private”, where it occurs for the second time, and “, or on or near any highway,”.
41 & 42 Vict. c. 51.The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878.The whole Act.
45 & 46 Vict.c. 38.The Settled Land Act 1882.In section 25 (xvii), the word “Streets”.
45 & 46 Vict.c. 56.The Electric Lighting Act 1882.In section 36, the definition of “local authority”.
51 & 52 Vict.c. 9.The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act 1878, Amendment Act 1888.The whole Act.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 12.The Electric Lighting Act 1888.In section 4(5), the words “the term ”street’ shall include any square, court, or alley, highway, lane, road, thoroughfare, or public passage or place whatever, and”.
51 & 52 Vict.c. 25.The Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888.Section 16(3).
55 &56 Vict.c. 12.The Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Amendment Act 1892.The whole Act.
55 & 56 Vict.c. 43.The Military Lands Act 1892.Section 25(7).
56 & 57 Vict.c. 32The Barbed Wire Act 1893.The whole Act.
57 & 58 Vict.c. 58.The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1894.Section 29.
60 & 61 Vict.c. 38.The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897.In section 3, the definition of “street”.
In section 16(5), the word “public”.
Section 39.
9 Edw. 7.c. 34.The Electric Lighting Act 1909.In section 25, the definition of “road”.
9 Edw.7.c. 47.The Development and Road Improvement Funds Act 1909.Part II.
9 & 10 Geo. 5. c. 50.The Ministry of Transport Act 1919.Schedule 2.
10 & 11 Geo. 5. c. 72.The Roads Act 1920.Section 3(6).
Section 4.
Schedule 1.
15 & 16 Geo. 5. c. 68.The Roads Improvement Act 1925.The whole Act.
19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 33.The Bridges Act 1929.The whole Act.
20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 43.The Road Traffic Act 1930.Part III.
Section 117.
In section 119, in subsection (3) the words “ for the purpose of the payment of the consideration for a transfer under section fifty-three of this Act or”; and subsections (4) to (9).
In section 121(1), the definitions of “Forestry” and “Highway authority”.
24 & 25 Geo. 5 c. 50The Road Traffic Act 1934.The whole Act.
25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 47.The Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935.The whole Act except sections 17, 23(2), 24 and 26.
1 Edw. 8. & 1 Geo. 6. c. 5.The Trunk Roads Act 1936.The whole Act.
9 & 10 Geo. 6. c. 30.The Trunk Roads Act 1946.The whole Act.
10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 53.The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1947.Section 44(1).
Section 45.
Section 113(1) except the definitions of “land” and “local authority”.
In Schedule 8, the entry relating to the Restriction of Ribbon Development Act 1935.
12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 32.The Special Roads Act 1949.The whole Act.
14 Geo. 6. c. 24.The Highways (Provision of Cattle-Grids) Act 1950.The whole Act.
14 Geo. 6. c. 39.The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950.In section 12(2), the word “sewer” where it occurs for the second time.
Section 23(6).
Section 30(2).
Section 36(1) to (11).
In section 39(1), the definitions of “appropriate local authority”, “highway authority”, “maintainable highway”, “street”, “street authority” and “street managers”.
In Schedule 5, the entries relating to section 13 of the Electric Lighting Act 1882 and to section 12 of the Schedule to the Electric Lighting (Clauses) Act 1899.
In Schedule 6, paragraph 8.
4 Eliz. 2. c. 20.The Agriculture (Improvement of Roads) Act 1955.The whole Act.
4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 67.The Road Traffic Act 1956.The whole Act.
6. & 7. Eliz. 2. c. 69.The Opencast Coal Act 1958.In section 13(6), the words “ ”highway’ includes a public right of way;”.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 7.The Manoeuvres Act 1958.Section 3(5)(a).
7 & 8 Eliz. 2 c. 24.The Building (Scotland) Act 1959.Section 8.
7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 70.The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1959.Section 47.
8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 63.The Road Traffic and Roads Improvement Act 1960.The whole Act.
10 & 11 Eliz. 2. c. 58.The Pipe-lines Act 1962.In section 66(1), the definition of ”carriageway’.
1964 c. 33.The Burgh Police (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 1964.The whole Act.
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1966 c. 51.The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966.Part III.
In section 46(1), the definitions of “highway authority” and “local highway authority”.
1967 c. 76.The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967.In section 29A(1), the words “in England and Wales”.
1967 c. 86.The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967.Section 37(3).
In section 54(1), the word “or” immediately following paragraph (d).
1968 c. 16.The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968Section 25.
Section 41(2).
1968 c. 47.The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968.In section 59(1), the definition of ”street’.
1968 c. 73.The Transport Act 1968.In section 119(1)(a), the word “repair”.
Section 121(6) and (7).
Section 122(4).
Section 139.
In section 159(1), in the definition of “highway authority” paragraph (b).
1970 c. 20.The Roads (Scotland) Act 1970.The whole Act.
1970 c. 28.The Local Government (Footpaths and Open Spaces) (Scotland) Act 1970.Sections 1 and 2.
In section 5, the definitions of “carriageway”, “development” and “footpath”; and in the definition of “local authority” the words “in sections 1 and 2, a regional or islands council, and in section 3.”.
1972 c. 20.The Road Traffic Act 1972.Section 13(b).
Section 19(2)(b).
In section 160(4), the words “the Lord Chief Justice of England or, as the case may be,”.
1972 c. 52.The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972.Sub-paragraph (ii) of section 198(3)(a) and the word “or” immediately preceding that sub-paragraph.
In section 198A(2)(b)(i), the words “sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of”.
Section 200.
In section 201(10)(b)(i), the words “sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of”.
In section 204(1), the words “200”.
In section 205, in each of subsections (1) and (5), the words “or 200”.
In section 205A, in subsection (1), paragraph (b), the word “or” immediately preceding that paragraph, and the word “relevant” in both places where it occurs; in each of subsections (2) to (4) the word “relevant” wherever it occurs; and subsection (5).
In section 206, in subsection (1) the words “, section 200 thereof by a highway authority”; in subsection (2) the words “(or that section as applied by section 200(3))”; in subsection (3) the words “or 200”; and in subsection (4) the words “200”.
Section 207.
In section 208(1), the words “200”.
In section 209(1), the words “, 200”.
Section 210.
Section 210A(2)(c) and (e).
In section 232(3), in paragraph (a) the words “under section 200 by the Secretary of State,” and “200,”; and in paragraph (b) the words “under section 200 by a highway authority,”.
In section 236(1), the words “200,”.
In Schedule 18, in each of paragraphs 1(1), 4(1), 5 and 6, the words “200”.
In Schedule 20, paragraph 3.
1972 c. 60.The Gas Act 1972.In Schedule 4, in paragraph 1(4), the words from “In the application” to “1970”.
1973 c. 56.The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973.In section 17(1), the definitions of “highway” and “highway authority”.
Sections 20 to 23.
Section 26(4)(a).
Section 65(1).
Section 70.
Section 73(5).
Section 80(2).
1973 c. 65.The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973.In Schedule 14, paragraphs 1 to 30, 31(b), 32 to 41, 43 to 50, 51(a) and (b), 52 to 54, 57, 58, 74, 76 to 79, 87 and 88.
1974 c. 40.The Control of Pollution Act 1974.In section 27(1), the words “or council”; and from “In the application” to “1970”.
In section 62(1), the words from “In this subsection” to “public”.
Section 106(4).
1975 c. 21.The Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1975.In Schedule 7D, paragraphs 1 and 47.
1975 c. 30.The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1975.In section 14(1), paragraph (a) and the words “local highway authority,” where they occur other than in that paragraph.
Section 20.
1978 c. 3.The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978.In section 3, in subsection (3) the words “within the meaning of the Highways Act 1959” and “within the meaning of that Act”; and subsection (4).
1980 c. 45.The Water (Scotland) Act 1980.In section 109, in subsection (1) the definitions of “bridge authority”, “highway”, “highway authority” and “street”; and subsection (2).
In Schedule 3, paragraph 3.
1981 c. 23.The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1981In Schedule 2, paragraph 26.
In Schedule 3, paragraph 21.
1981 c. 56.The Transport Act 1981.Section 32.
Schedule 10.
1982 c. 16.The Civil Aviation Act 1982.In paragraph 4 of Schedule 2, the words “section 39 of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970;”.
1982 c. 45.The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982.In section 13(6), the words “within the meaning of the Road Traffic Act 1972)”.
In section 19(5), the words “being a highway”.
In section 97, the words “street or” and “to which the public have access”.
1982 c. 49.The Transport Act 1982.In Schedule 2, the entry relating to the Roads (Scotland) Act 1970.
1984 c. 12.The Telecommunications Act 1984.In Schedule 2, in paragraph 1, in sub-paragraph (1) the definitions of “maintainable highway” and “street”, and sub-paragraph (5); and in paragraph 2(8)(a) the words “(which for this purpose shall be deemed to extend to Northern Ireland)”.
In Schedule 4, paragraphs 9(4)(g), 17, 19, 26, and 51.
1984 c. 27.The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.In section 1(3), the word “trunk” where it occurs for the second time.
In section 34(1), the words “in England or Wales”.
Section 55(5).
In section 142(1), in the definition of “highway authority”, paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding that paragraph.
In Schedule 10, paragraphs 14 to 16.

Textual Amendments

F16Entry relating to Gas Act 1965 repealed by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989 (c. 43), s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. X

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