§ .—(1) The Road Traffic Act 1988 is amended as follows.
§ (2) In section 22A(3)(c)(i), omit the words "section 8 of the Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950".
§ (3) In section 39 (provisions with respect to road safety)—
- (a) in subsection (3)(a) (duty of local authority as to study of road accidents), for "trunk roads" substitute "roads for which the Secretary of State is the highway authority (in Scotland, roads authority)";
- (b) in subsection (3)(b) (duties as to taking of measures in light of studies), for "roads for which they are the highway authority (in Scotland, local roads authority)" substitute "roads for the maintenance of which they are responsible".
§ (4) In section 192(1) (general interpretation), for the definition of "highway authority" substitute—
§ "'highway authority', in England and Wales, means—
- (a) in relation to a road for which he is the highway authority within the meaning of the Highways Act 1980, the Secretary of State, and
- (b) in relation to any other road, the council of the county, metropolitan district or London borough, or the Common Council of the City of London, as the case may be;".'.
§ No. 24, in page 138, line 31, leave out from beginning to 'for' in line 32 and insert—
§ '119.—(1) Section 256 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 (provisions as to telecommunications apparatus) is amended as follows.
§ (2) In subsection (3) (power of local highway authority to require alteration of apparatus) for "highway, other than a trunk road" substitute "highway for which the Secretary of State is not the highway authority".
§ (3) In subsection (4) (limitation of power under subsection (3))'.—[Mr. Freeman.]