# Highways Act 1980, Paragraph 7

Extent: E+W

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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/schedule/7/paragraph/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/schedule-7/paragraph-7
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