http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/155Highways Act 1980An Act to consolidate the Highways Acts 1959 to 1971 and related enactments, with amendments to give effect to recommendations of the Law Commission.1981-03-01texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2026-03-18Expert Participation2026-03-13
Highways Act 1980s. 90B(1A)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 15(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 90C(2)(2A)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 16(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 90FADeregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 20s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 118ZA(5)(a)Deregulation Act 2015s. 25(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 121E(1A)(1B)Deregulation Act 2015s. 23(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 146(6)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(6)(d)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 147(1A)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 147(5A)Deregulation Act 2015s. 24(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 325(2B)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 10 para. 21s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 1(3ZA)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(2)(b)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(2ZA)-(2ZE)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(3)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(4)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(4)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2(5)(6)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(5)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 2ZZADeregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(6)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(1)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(a)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(1)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(b)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 4A(2)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(7)(c)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 para. 5(ba)Deregulation Act 2015Sch. 7 para. 8(8)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980Sch. 6 Pt. 1 para. 2B(4)Deregulation Act 2015s. 25(6)s. 115(7)Highways Act 1980s. 120(3ZA)Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000Sch. 6 para. 13(6)s. 103(3)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 2APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(3)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 8APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(4)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(1)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(a)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(1)(b)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(b)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 10(2)Planning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(5)(c)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980Sch. 1 para. 15APlanning and Infrastructure Act 2025s. 33(6)s. 116s. 118(1)(s)Highways Act 1980s. 322(5)(ab)Traffic Management Act 2004s. 64(2)s. 99(1)
Part IX Lawful and Unlawful Interference With Highways and Streets Obstruction of highways and streets Penalties in connection with straying animals.1551If any horses, cattle, sheep, goats or swine are at any time found straying or lying on or at the side of a highway their keeper is guilty of an offence; but this subsection does not apply in relation to a part of a highway passing over any common, waste or unenclosed ground.In this section “keeper”, in relation to any animals, means a person in whose possession they are.2A person guilty of an offence under this section is liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.3A person guilty of an offence under this section is also liable to pay the reasonable expenses of removing any animal so found straying or lying to the premises of their keeper, or to the common pound, or to such other place as may have been provided for the purpose, and any person who incurs such expenses is entitled to recover them summarily as a civil debt.For the purposes of this subsection “expenses”, in a case where an animal has been removed to the common pound, includes the usual fees and charges of the authorised keeper of the pound.4If a person, without lawful authority or excuse, releases any animal seized for the purpose of being impounded under this section from the pound or other place where it is impounded, or on the way to or from any such place, or damages any such place, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 2 on the standard scale.5Nothing in this section prejudices or affects any right of pasture on the side of a highway.Words in s. 155(2) substituted by Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 35, 37, 38, 46 (with s. 47)Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), ss. 37, 46