# Highways Act 1980, Section 40: Adoption of private streets.

Extent: E+W

The foregoing provisions of this Part of this Act are without prejudice to the power or, as the case may be, the duty of the council of a county , metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council, to adopt private streets as highways maintainable at the public expense under Part XI of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/66/section/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/highways-act-1980/section-40
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