Highways Act 1980 (c. 66)

Part XIV U.K. Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions

Miscellaneous powers etc. of highway authorities and local authorities E+W

284 Powers of Minister in relation to privately maintainable parts of trunk roads. E+W

Where a trunk road comprises a highway which a person is liable to maintain under a charter or special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Minister is entitled to exercise in relation to that highway any power which he would be entitled to exercise in relation thereto if that highway were a highway maintainable at the public expense.