§ Page 22, line 2, after ("responsible,") insert ("and a bridge authority as regards any bridge for the maintenance of which they are responsible may subject to such conditions as they think fit")
§ Clause 24, page 22, line 6, after ("road") insert ("or bridge")
§ Clause 24, page 22, line 12, after ("not,") insert ("so long as the conditions, if any, attached to the permit are complied with")
§ Clause 24, page 22, line 14, after ("road") insert ("or bridge")
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Clause 24, page 22, line 16, at end insert:
("Provided that where a highway authority are responsible for the maintenance of a road passing over a bridge but not for the maintenance of the bridge itself the power conferred by this section shall be exerciseable by the bridge authority and not by the highway authority.
§ (2) In this section the expression 'highway authority' includes any person responsible for the maintenance of a road.")
EARL RUSSELLMy Lords, the Amendments to this clause are directed to two main objects. The first is to provide that a bridge authority—that is, a, railway or canal company—can grant a permit for the use of a bridge maintained by them for a vehicle carrying an exceptional load. The second is to make it clear that conditions may be attached to the grant of a permit either by a highway authority or a bridge authority. I beg to move.
§ Moved, That this House doth agree with the Commons in the said Amendments.—(Earl Russell.)
§ On Question, Motion agreed to.