# Roads (Scotland) Act 1984, Section 63: New access over verges and footways.

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(1) Where, in the opinion of the roads authority, vehicles when driven to or from premises adjacent to a public road are habitually being taken across that road’s verge or footway other than by way of a satisfactory vehicular crossing they may serve a notice on the owner or occupier of the premises requiring that—
(a) by such date as is specified in the notice he shall have commenced; and
(b) within such period thereafter as is, and to such detailed specifications as are, so specified he shall have completed,
the construction of such a crossing over the affected part of the verge or footway.
(2) A vehicular crossing constructed under or by virtue of this section shall on completion be part of the public road.
(3) A person upon whom a notice has been served under sub-section (1) above may within 28 days of such service refer the matter by summary application to the sheriff; and the decision of the sheriff on the matter shall be final.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/54/section/63 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/roads-scotland-act-1984/section-63
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