Section 113: Exercise by council of functions of Ministeror a strategic highways company with respect to management or provision of picnic sites etc.

Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk

Part VII: Provision of Special Facilities for Highways

The Ministeror a strategic highways company may by agreement with a council delegate to the council all or any of hisor it functions with respect to the management of a trunk road picnic area or with respect to the management of public sanitary conveniences provided by himor it under section 112(5) above.

Subsections (2) to (4) of section 6 above (discharge of functions delegated ... to council and termination of delegation) apply in relation to functions delegated, and a delegation, to a council under subsection (1) above as they apply in relation to functions delegated, and a delegation, to a council under subsection (1) of that section.

The Ministeror a strategic highways company may enter into agreements with a council—

for the provision by the council on a trunk road picnic area of a picnic site for motorists and others likely to use the road,
for the doing by the council of anything which heor it has power to do on that area under section 112(2) or (3) above, or
for the discharge by the council of all or any of hisor its functions under section 112(5) above,

so, however, that subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 above apply to the discharge of the functions of a council under any such agreement and to the conditions to be included in any such agreement as they apply to the discharge of functions delegated under that section to a council and to the conditions to be attached to any such delegation.

Plant or materials belonging to a council to whom functions are delegated under subsection (1) above or with whom an agreement is made under subsection (3) above may be used by them for the purposes of those functions or of that agreement, subject to the terms of the delegation or agreement.

Any power to provide buildings or other premises, or any services or facilities, or anything else, exercisable by a council by virtue of any such delegation or agreement as is referred to in subsection (5) above includes power to enter into agreements with some other person for the use, on such terms as may be agreed, of anything, or any facilities or services, provided by, or under the control of, that other person and, if it appears convenient, for the services of any staff employed in connection therewith.

Where any functions of the Ministeror a strategic highways company with respect to the management or provision of public sanitary conveniences stand delegated to a council under subsection (1) above, or are functions of a council by virtue of an agreement under subsection (3) above, the council may make byelaws as to the conduct of persons using or entering those conveniences.

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