Paragraph 4

England and Wales

An order made with respect to—

(a)

a bridge owned by railway undertakers which carries a highway over a railway of the the undertakers, or carries both a highway and such a railway, or

(b)

a bridge owned by dock undertakers or harbour undertakers, or

(c)

a bridge, other than one falling within sub-paragraph (a) above, owned by F1Canal & River Trust and forming part of so much of the undertaking of F2Canal & River Trust as corresponds to the undertaking of the Weaver Navigation Trustees prior to the vesting of that undertaking in the British Transport Commission F3... under the M1Transport Act 1947,

shall not, without the consent of the owners of the bridge, either—

(i)

require works for the reconstruction or improvement of the bridge to be carried out otherwise than by the owners, or

(ii)

direct the bridge to be maintained otherwise than by the owners, or

(iii)

transfer the property in the bridge to a highway authority, or

(iv)

in the case of a swing bridge, direct the bridge to be operated otherwise than by the owners.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. 11 para. 4(c) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 6(6)(a) (with arts. 4-6)
F2: Words in Sch. 11 para. 4(c) substituted (2.7.2012) by The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 6(6)(b) (with arts. 4-6)
F3: Words in Sch. 11 para. 4(c) omitted (2.7.2012) by virtue of The British Waterways Board (Transfer of Functions) Order 2012 (S.I. 2012/1659), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 6(6)(c) (with arts. 4-6)

Marginal citations

M1: 1947 c. 49.