Section 123 Power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings.E1
England and Wales
Contributions to the expenses incurred by the Railways Board F1or a network owner in providing lifting or other barriers, lights, signs, or other devices or appliances for the protection or convenience of the public at or near any level crossing where a road is crossed by a railway of the Board , or, as the case may be, by a railway comprised in a transferred network or a new network of that network owner, may be made by—
the highway authority, if any, for that road; F2and
any local authority, not being the highway authority, in whose area the level crossing is situated.
In this section “local authority” means, as respects England and Wales, the council of a county,. . . F3 London borough or county F4district. . . F5 and the Common Council of the City of London F6and “network owner", “new network”and “transferred network”shall be given the meanings in section 122(5) above,and, as respects Scotland, a county council and a town council.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in s. 123(1) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2 Sch. para. 7(i)
- F2
Words repealed (S.) by Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), Sch. 29 and repealed (E.W.S.) by Transport Act 1985 (c. 67, SIF 126), s. 57(6), Sch. 3 para. 21(3)(b)
- F3
Words repealed by Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), Sch. 30
- F4
Word substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70, SIF 81:1), s. 179(3)
- F5
Words repealed by Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51, SIF 81:1), s. 102, Sch. 17
- F6
Words in s. 123(2) inserted (20.3.1996) by S.I. 1996/420, art. 2 Sch. para. 7(ii)
Extent
- E1
This version of this provision extends to England and Wales only; a separate version has been created for Scotland only