SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8E1Minor and consequential amendments

Annotations:
Extent Information
E1

Sch. 8 extends to England and Wales and to Scotland or Northern Ireland also if amended enactment so extends see s. 169

Part IV Amendments of other enactments

Road Traffic Act 1988 (c.52)

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1

The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.

2

In section 22A(3)(c)(i), omit the words “section 8 of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950”.

3

In section 39 (provisions with respect to road safety)—

a

in subsection (3)(a) (duty of local authority as to study of road accidents), for “trunk roads” substitute “ roads for which the Secretary of State is the highway authority (in Scotland, roads authority) ”;

b

in subsection (3)(b) (duties as to taking of measures in light of studies), for “roads for which they are the highway authority (in Scotland, local roads authority)” substitute “ roads for the maintenance of which they are responsible ”.

4

In section 192(1) (general interpretation), for the definition of “highway authority” substitute—

“highway authority”, in England and Wales, means—

a

in relation to a road for which he is the highway authority within the meaning of the Highways Act 1980, the Secretary of State, and

b

in relation to any other road, the council of the county, metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London, as the case may be;