Part IX

Acquisition, Transfer, Vesting and Compensation

Vesting and transfer

Transfer of property and liabilities in connection with special roads etc.
113
1
Where provision is made by an order under section 9 or, as the case may be, 12 of this Act—
a
for transferring a road from one roads authority to another;
b
for enabling a roads authority to alter a road vested in another; or
c
for authorising or requiring any functions of a local authority to be exercised by a roads authority,
the order may transfer to the roads authority to whom the road is transferred or, as the case may be, in whom it is vested, or by whom those functions are to be exercised, any property, rights or liabilities (other than loans or loan charges) vested in or incurred by the other authority in connection with the road, or the alteration, or for the purposes of those functions.
2
An order transferring property, rights or liabilities under section 9 or 12 of this Act may for that purpose (whether or not the road in question is a trunk road) apply any of the provisions of section 112 of this Act or any of the transitional provisions contained in Schedule 6 to this Act, subject to such modifications as may be specified in the order.
3
No order under section 9 or 12 of this Act shall provide for transferring to any authority (except by agreement with that authority) any bridge over or tunnel under the road as distinct from any approaches to the bridge or tunnel.
Words in S. 113(1)(c) substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 135(7); S.I. 1996/323, art 4(1)(c)