HC Deb 21 April 1959 vol 604 cc321-2
Mr. Nugent

I beg to move, in page 82, line 45, at the end to insert: (b) erect barriers in the highway or in such land as aforesaid to divert surface water into or through any existing ditch, gutter, drain, watercourse, bridge, culvert, tunnel or pipe; This and the following Amendment are both Privilege Amendments.

Amendment agreed to

Further Amendment made::In page 83, line 7, at end insert: (2) If the owner or occupier of any land, not being waste or common land, suffers damage by reason of the exercise by a highway authority of their powers under the foregoing subsection, the authority shall pay him compensation therefor.—[Mr. Nugent.] Clause, as amended, ordered to stand part of the Bill.