# Transport Act 1968, Section 123: Power of highway and other authorities to contribute to cost of barriers, etc., at level crossings.

Extent: E+W

(1) Contributions to the expenses incurred by the Railways Board or 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—
(a) the highway authority, if any, for that road; and
(b) any local authority, not being the highway authority, in whose area the level crossing is situated.
(2) In this section “local authority” means, as respects England and Wales, the council of a county,. . . London borough or county district. . . and the Common Council of the City of London and “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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1968/73/section/123 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/transport-act-1968/section-123
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