Part XIV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
Miscellaneous powers etc. of highway authorities and local authorities
296 Power of highway authority or council to execute certain works on behalf of other person.
A highway authority or a council may by agreement with any person execute at his expense any work which they have under this Act (except under Part XI) required him to execute, or any work in connection with a highway which he is otherwise under an obligation or is entitled to execute, and for that purpose they have all such rights as he would have.