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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845/section-43.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/8-9/33",
  "legislation_title": "Railways Clauses Consolidation (Scotland) Act 1845",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/railways-clauses-consolidation-scotland-act-1845",
  "path": "section/43",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Construction of bridges over railway.",
  "text": "Every bridge erected for carrying any road over the railway shall, except as otherwise provided by the special Act, be built in conformity with the following regulations; (that is to say,)\nThere shall be a good and sufficient fence on each side of the bridge of not less height than 1.22 metres, and on each side of the immediate approaches of such bridge of not less than 0.91 metres:\nThe road over the bridge shall have a clear space between the fences thereof of 7.62 metres if the road is a public road and 3.66 metres if a private road:\nThe ascent shall not be more than one metre in 20 metres if the road is a public road and one metre in 16 metres if a private road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(10)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words substituted by Roads (Scotland) Act 1984 (c. 54, SIF 108), s. 156(1), Sch. 9 para. 3(10)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 43 modified by Transport Act 1968 (c. 73), ss. 117(6), 120(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/8-9/33/section/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:34:08.872763+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}