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Paragraph 3

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“Highway matters”, in relation to any highway, means —

(a)

the interest of the former highway authority, as such, in the highway, in so far as such interest is not vested in a county council, the Greater London Council or a London borough council by virtue of section 226 of the Highways Act 1959;

(b)

any land held by the former highway authority, as such, for the purposes of their functions in relation to the highway or which has been acquired by them as highway authority for the highway and not appropriated for any other purpose;

(c)

any equipment on or near the highway belonging to the former highway authority as such, including any road lighting system within the meaning of Part III of the Local Government Act 1966 and any other lighting system belonging to the former highway authority as highway authority for the highway; and

(d)

any traffic sign (in the meaning attached to that expression in section 54(1) of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967) on or near the highway, belonging to the former highway authority and not comprised in (c).