# Parish Councils Act 1957, Section 3: Power to light roads and public places.

Extent: E+W

(1) The council of a parish or community or, in the case of a parish for which there is no parish council, the parish meeting may (subject to the provisions of section five of this Act) for the purpose of lighting the roads and other public places in the parish, or community, or in any part thereof,—
(a) provide and maintain such lamps, lamp posts and other materials and apparatus as they think necessary;
(b) cause such lamps, lamp posts and other materials and apparatus to be erected or installed on or against any premises or in such other places as may be convenient;
(c) contract with any person for the supply of gas, electricity or other means of lighting; and
(d) employ, with or without remuneration, such persons as may be necessary for the maintenance and superintendence of anything provided under this subsection.
(1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
2)—(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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(10) In this section “road” includes a highway comprised in the route of a special road (as defined by the Highways Act 1980), being a highway in relation to which a parish council or parish meeting, as the case may be, are exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1) of this section on the date on which a scheme made under section 16 of the said Act of 1980 authorising the provision of the special road comes into force.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/5-6/42/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/parish-councils-act-1957/section-3
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