HC Deb 18 June 1925 vol 185 c906

Amendments made:

In page 6, line 4, at the end, insert the words, and the expressions 'common,' open space, 'and' allotment 'have the meanings respectively assigned to them by the Development and Road Improvement Funds Act, 1909.

In page 6, line 5, leave out Subsection (2), and insert instead thereof: (2) In the application of this Act to Scotland—

  1. (a) the expression 'highway authority' shall mean a county council or a district committee in a county divided into districts or a town council charged with the management and maintenance of the highways in the burgh;
  2. (b) the expression 'Judge of the County Court' shall mean sheriff;
  3. (c) Sub-section (3) of Section one shall not apply as regards any highway authority, but the powers conferred by that Section shall not be exercised by. any county council, district committee, or town council in any land forming part of a highway unless the county council, district committee, or the town council of the county, district, or burgh in which such highway is situated is charged with the management and maintenance thereof;
  4. (d) paragraph (ii) of the proviso to Section four shall not apply, but a notice restraining the erection of any building on land situated within a burgh the town council of which is not charged with the management and maintenance of the highways therein shall not be served without the consent of such town council."—[Lieut.-Colonel Moore-Brabazon.]

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