{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-act-1945/section-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-act-1945/section-16.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Geo6/8-9/43",
  "legislation_title": "Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/requisitioned-land-and-war-works-act-1945",
  "path": "section/16",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Retention of railway, tramway, etc., on highway where highway not stopped up or diverted.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act, where, in the exercise of emergency powers or, for war purposes, by agreement or otherwise, any railway or tramway or any cable, wire, main or pipe has been placed along, across, over or under any highway, the Minister of War Transport may, if he is satisfied that in the public interest it is necessary or expedient so to do, by order authorise the railway, tramway, cable, wire, main or pipe to be used and maintained along, across, over or under the highway, unless and until other provision in that behalf is made by or under any Act (whether public general or local), subject, however to such conditions and limitations, if any, as may be specified in the order.\n(2) Any such order may contain such consequential, incidental and supplemental provisions as appear to the Minister to be necessary or expedient for the purposes of the order.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 16 extended by Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c. 30), s. 9(1)(b)(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Power to exclude s. 16(E.W.)(S.) given by Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1948 (c. 17), s. 15(4)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Geo6/8-9/43/section/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:25:36.906710+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."
}