SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Strategic highways companies: consequential and supplemental amendments
PART 2Other enactments
Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
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1
Section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions) is amended as follows.
2
In subsections (2) and (3), omit “local”, wherever occurring.
3
After subsection (3) insert—
3A
In England, where subsection (3) applies in respect of non-compliance with a direction by a traffic authority other than a strategic highways company—
a
a strategic highways company may execute the work required by the direction with the consent of the Secretary of State, and
b
the expense incurred by the company in doing so is recoverable by the company from the authority summarily as a civil debt.