Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/part/VIII/crossheading/bridges/data.xht?view=snippet&wrap=true
Timestamp: 2019-09-21 07:47:00
Document Index: 388488286

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 4', 'art. 4', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2']

(1)Where a highway is carried by a bridge over one or more of the following, that is to say, a railway of the Railways Board, a railway of [F30London Regional Transport], an inland waterway of the Waterways Board or any other installation or land used by any of those Boards in connection with a railway or inland waterway, and immediately before the appointed day—
(a)a [F31roads] authority is responsible for maintaining the [F31road]carried by or giving access to a bridge such as is mentioned in subsection (1) of this section; and
(b)but for that agreement or order, any of the Boards mentioned in that subsection would by virtue thereof have ceased to be responsible for maintaining that [F31road] on that day,
that Board shall not by virtue of that agreement or order be liable to make to that [F31roads] authority in respect of the maintenance of that [F31road] any annual or other periodical payment (not being an instalment of a lump sum) which falls due after that day.
[F32(4)Where paragraphs (a) and (b) of subsection (1) of this section are not satisfied immediately before the appointed day in the case of such bridge as is mentioned in that subsection, or such a bridge as aforesaid is constructed is constructed after that day, then if on any subsequent day—
(6)[F33Without prejudice to the provisions of the said Act of 1984,] This section shall not affect the responsibility of any of the Boards for the maintenance of any part of a bridge or its approaches other than the surface of the [F34road], and a [F34road] authority—
(a)shall not by virtue of this section be under any duty to make good, or incur any liability by reason of, any defect in the surface of the [F34road] so far as attributable to the failure of any of the Boards to discharge that responsibility;
(b)shall permit the Board or Boards concerned to carry out on or in relation to the surface of the [F34road] any works reasonably required to be carried out by them for discharging that responsibility or for inspecting, maintaining or altering any apparatus of the Board or Boards incorporated in or attached to the bridge; and
(c)shall not, without the consent of the Board or Boards concerned, increase to a significant extent the weight of the materials constituting the surface of the [F34road].
(7)Nothing in this section shall affect any liability incurred by any of the Boards by reason of any act or omission in relation to any [F34road] before the day on which they cease by virtue of this section to be responsible for its maintenance.
[F35(8)Subsection (9) applies if a network owner is, or but for this section would be, responsible for maintaining—
F35(9)Where—
F35(10)In this section—
F35(11)Subsections (6) and (7) of this section shall have effect in relation to a network owner and any such bridge of the network owner as is mentioned in subsection (8) above as they have effect in relation to a Board.]
F30Words substituted by virtue of London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 4(1)
F31Words in s. 116(3) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(2)(a)
F32S. 116(4) substituted (S.) for s. 116(4)(5) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(2)(b)
F33Words in s. 116(6) inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(2)(c)(i)
F34Words in s. 116(6)(7) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(2)(c)(ii)
F35S. 116(8)-(11) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2, Sch. para. 2
(a)carries a [F36[road]] over one or more of the following that is to say, a railway of the Railways Board, a railway of [F37London Regional Transport], an inland waterway of the Waterways Board or any other installation or land used by any of those Boards in connection with a railway or inland waterway; and
[F38(1A)This section also applies to a bridge (whenever constructed) which—
F38(1B)Subsection (7) applies in relation to a bridge constructed by or belonging to a network owner and one or more of the Boards mentioned in subsection (1) of this section as it applies in relation to a bridge constructed by or belonging to any two or more Boards.]
(b)in the case of any other bridge, if it is such as to be capable of bearing the weight of the traffic which ordinarily uses, or may reasonably be expected to use, the highway carried by the bridge on or about the day on which this section comes into force in relation to bridges of the Board concerned or, if the bridge is constructed subsequently, [F39—
(5)For the purposes of subsection (3)(b) of this section, no account shall be taken of any traffic which cannot use the highway [F40, or as the case may be road,] carried by the bridge in question without infringing a prohibition for the time being in force under section 1, 6, [F41or 14 of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984].
(8)In this section “the appropriate Minister” means, as respects bridges in England, the Minister [F42, as respects bridges in Scotland, the Scottish Ministers]and as respects bridges in F43. . .Wales, the Secretary of State.
F36Word in s. 117(1) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(3)(a).
F37Words substituted by virtue of London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 4(1)
F38S. 117(1A)(1B) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2, Sch. para. 3
F39Words in s. 117(3) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(3)(b)
F40Words inserted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(3)(c)
F41Words substituted by Road Traffic Regulations Act 1984 (c. 27, SIF 107:1), s. 144, Sch. 13 para. 7
F42Words in s. 117(8) inserted (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2000/3251, arts. 1(2)(b), 2, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3(29)(a) (with art. 4)
F43Words in s. 117(8) omitted (1.4.2001) by S.I. 2000/3251, arts. 1(2)(b), 2, Sch. 2 Pt. II para. 3(29)(b) (with art. 4)
(a)carries a [F44road] over one or more of the following, that is to say, a railway of the Railways Board, a railway of [F45London Regional Transport] or an inland waterway of the Waterways Board; and
(b)belongs to the Minister, the Secretary of State, a local [F46roads] authority or some other person not being the Board or Boards whose railway or waterway is crossed by the bridge.
[F47(1A)This section also applies to any bridge (whenever constructed) which—
(12)Nothing in this section shall be taken as authorising any person to interfere with traffic lawfully using any bridge F48. . ..
F44Word in s. 118(1)(a) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(4)(a)
F45Words substituted by virtue of London Regional Transport Act 1984 (c. 32, SIF 126), Sch. 4 Pt. I para. 4(1)
F46Word in s. 118(2)(b) substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 157(2), Sch. 9 para. 66(4)(b)
F47S. 118(1A) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2, Sch. para. 4
F48Words in s. 118(12) repealed (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), s. 168(2), Sch. 9; (S.) S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2.
(1)Where a railway or an inland waterway passes under a [F49road] by means of a tunnel, or runs in a cutting over which a [F49road] is superimposed, the foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act (except sections 119 and 120) shall, so far as applicable and subject to any necessary modifications, have effect in relation to the [F49road] as if it were carried by a bridge and to the structure of the tunnel or, as the case may be, the structure by means of which the [F49road] is superimposed as aforesaid, as if that structure were a bridge.
(a)to the surface of the [F49road] carried by, or giving access to, the bridge;
(b)to any embankment, retaining wall or other work or substance supporting or protecting the surface of that [F49road].
[F51(5)In sections 116 to 119 and 121 of this Act, and in this section,—
E6This version of this provision extends to Scotland only; a separate version has been created for England and Wales.
F49Word “road" substituted (S.) (1.1.1985) for word “highway" by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), Sch. 9 para. 66(7)(a)
F50S. 122(4) repealed (S.) (1.1.1985) by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), ss. 156(3), 157(2), Sch. 11
F51S. 122(5) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2, Sch. para. 6