Subject to subsection (3) below, a council shall not—
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Subsection (1) above shall have effect in relation to a highway—
Where a highway to which this Part of this Act applies is maintained by the British Railways Board or Transport for London or any of its subsidiaries (within the meaning of the Greater London Authority Act 1999), a council shall not exercise any power conferred by section 115B or 115C above or grant a permission in relation to it under section 115E above except with the consent of the Board or, as the case may be, Transport for London or that subsidiary of Transport for London .