# Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 14: Power to contribute to, or carry out, work on private roads.


(1) A local roads authority may, if they think fit, pay the whole or any part of any expenditure incurred by a person in making up or maintaining a private road; and may, without prejudice to section 15 of this Act, at their own expense carry out any repair which they consider necessary in relation to a private road after giving such notice as is reasonable in the circumstances.
(2) For the avoidance of doubt—
(a) a local roads authority do not incur responsibility for making up or maintenance of the private road by reason only of their acting under subsection (1) above;
(b) the carrying out of work by a local roads authority under subsection (1) above does not create any implication that the private road, on completion of the work, is of a standard satisfactory to the authority for the purposes of section 16(1)(b) of this Act.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-14
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