http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/23Highways 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 Part II Trunk Roads, Classified Roads, Metropolitan Roads, Special Roads Ancillary matters with respect to orders under section 14 or 18 and schemes under section 16 Compensation in respect of certain works executed in pursuance of orders under section 14 or 18.23Where, in pursuance of an order under section 14 or 18 above, the Minister,a strategic highways company, a special road authority or a local highway authority, as the case may be, execute in, or with respect to, a highway works which the highway authority for that highway have power to execute under Part V of this Act, the Minister,the strategic highways company, the special road authority or the local highway authority, as the case may be, shall be subject to the like liability to pay compensation to a person who sustains damage by reason of the execution of those works as would be the highway authority for that highway had those works been executed by that authority under the said Part V.Words in s. 23 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 16(2); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)Words in s. 23 inserted (5.3.2015) by Infrastructure Act 2015 (c. 7), s. 57(1), Sch. 1 para. 16(3); S.I. 2015/481, reg. 2(a)