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Paragraph 7

England and Wales

A district council shall indemnify a county council in respect of any claim made against the county council, as highway authority,—

(a)

in respect of a failure to maintain a highway at a time when the relevant powers were exercisable by the district council with respect to the highway, or

(b)

arising out of any works of maintenance on a highway carried out by the district council in exercise of those powers.