2. The function of the Secretary of State as roads authority conferred by or under section 25(2) of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980(1) (power of roads authority to consent to provision of drinking fountains or troughs on roads) in relation to giving and withholding consent.
1980 c. 45; section 25(2) was amended by the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Schedule 9, paragraph 81(7) and by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c. 39), Schedule 13, paragraph 119(15)(b).