Where a trunk road comprises a highway which a person is liable to maintain under a charter or special enactment or by reason of tenure, enclosure or prescription, the Ministeror a strategic highways company, whichever is highway authority for the trunk road, is entitled to exercise in relation to that highway any power which he would be entitled to exercise in relation thereto if that highway were a highway maintainable at the public expense.
Section 284: Powers of Ministeror strategic highways company in relation to privately maintainable parts of trunk roads.
Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk
Part XIV: Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
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