Roads (Scotland) Act 1984

Contents

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1. Part I · Public Roads
   1. Supplementary
   2. Classification of roads
   3. General powers and duties of roads authorities
   4. Special roads
   5. Transitory provisions
   6. Trunk roads
2. Part II · Private Roads
   1. 13 Making up and maintenance of private roads.
   2. 14 Power to contribute to, or carry out, work on private roads.
   3. 15 Emergency work in relation to private roads.
   4. 16 Application for private road to become public road.
   5. 17 Security for private road works relating to housing.
   6. 18 Power of local roads authority to take over footpaths associated with development.
3. Part III · New Roads
   1. 19 Construction of new roads by Secretary of State as roads authority.
   2. 20 Construction of new roads other than special roads by local roads authority; and entry of such new roads and of special roads in list of public roads.
   3. 20A Environmental assessment of certain road construction projects
   4. 20B Projects with significant transboundary effects
   5. 20C Environmental Impact Assessment Report
   6. 20D Co-ordination of assessments
   7. 20E Competent authority – avoidance of conflict of interest
   8. 20F Projects with significant transboundary effects
   9. 20G Monitoring measures
   10. 21 Requirement of consent for new roads built other than by roads authority.
   11. 22 Offences in relation to construction of new roads.
   12. 22A (1) Any person who, for the purpose of procuring a...
   13. 22B (1) Subsection (2) applies where— (a) an offence under section...
   14. 23 Power to stop up or temporarily close new road where construction consent absent or not conformed with.
4. Part IV · Improvements and Maintenance
   1. Cattle-grids
   2. Levels
   3. Lighting
   4. Safety
   5. Equipment for detection of traffic offences
   6. Interpretation: Road humps and other traffic calming works
   7. Miscellaneous improvements
   8. Natural dangers
   9. Other traffic calming works
   10. Road humps
5. Part V · Roads and Building Control
   1. Miscellaneous
   2. Control of traffic
   3. Footpaths, footways and verges
   4. Horse traffic etc.
   5. Works and excavations
6. Part VI · Access and Stopping Up
   1. 68 Power of roads authorities to stop up roads by order.
   2. 69 Stopping up of dangerous access from public road to land.
   3. 70 Stopping up of access to land from certain roads being constructed.
   4. 71 Provisions supplementary to sections 68 to 70.
   5. 72 Stopping up private access to land by agreement.
   6. 73 Expenses incurred under section 69 or by virtue of section 70 or 72.
   7. 74 Temporary provision of substitute road.
7. Part VII · Bridges, Tunnels and Diversion of Water
   1. 75 Bridges over and tunnels under navigable waters.
   2. 76 Provisions supplementary to section 75.
   3. 77 Discontinuation of operation of certain swing bridges.
   4. 78 Power to divert waters when constructing or improving public road etc.
   5. 79 Powers of roads authorities and bridge owners to enter into agreements.
   6. 80 Transfer to Secretary of State of privately maintainable bridges carrying trunk roads.
   7. 81 Transfer to special road authority of privately maintainable bridges carrying special roads.
   8. 81A Roads authority for boundary bridges.
   9. 82 Protection of bridges and railways.
8. Part VIII · Interference and Damage
   1. Miscellaneous
   2. Offences
   3. Vehicles
   4. General obstruction
   5. Obstruction of view
   6. Roadside dangers
9. Part IX · Acquisition, Transfer, Vesting and Compensation
   1. Acquisition
   2. Compensation
   3. Vesting and transfer
10. Part X · Miscellaneous
    1. 120 Duty to have regard to needs of disabled and blind in executing works etc.
    2. 120A Delegation by the Scottish Police Authority
    3. 121 Power to obtain road-making materials.
    4. 122 Saving for Coast Protection Act 1949.
    5. 123 Saving for obligation to obtain planning permission.
    6. 124 Power to conduct experiments as regards roads construction etc.
    7. 125 Extension of section 34 of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
    8. 126 Restricted roads: amendment of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984.
    9. 127 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    10. 128 Saving for, and extension of section 80 of, Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974.
11. Part XI · Offences
    1. 129 Miscellaneous summary offences.
    2. 130 Offences by bodies corporate.
    3. 130A Fixed penalties for certain offences
    4. 131 Penalties and mode of trial.
12. Part XII · Statutory Undertakers
    1. 132 Saving for operators of electronic communications code networks .
    2. 133 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
    3. 134 Extinguishment of rights of statutory undertakers to apparatus etc. in connection with schemes under section 7 and orders under section 9.
    4. 135 Restriction of powers of local authority in whom sewer is vested.
13. Part XIII · General
    1. Inquiries
    2. Interpretation
    3. Notices
    4. Supplementary
    5. Crown application
    6. Financial provisions
    7. Powers of entry etc.
    8. Regulations, orders and schemes
14. Schedule 1 · Procedures for Making or Confirming Certain Orders and Schemes
    1. Part I Orders
    2. Part II Schemes Under Sections 7 and 75(3)
    3. Part IIA Toll Orders Under Section 27 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991
    4. Part III General
    5. Part IV Application of Statutory Orders (Special Procedure)Act1945
15. Schedule 1A · Information for inclusion in environmental impact assessment reports
    1. (1) A description of the project, including in particular:
    2. (2) A description of the reasonable alternatives (for example in terms...
    3. (3) A description of the relevant aspects of the current state...
    4. (4) A description of the factors specified in section 20B(3) likely...
    5. (5) A description of the likely significant effects of the project...
    6. (6) The description of the likely significant effects on the factors...
    7. (7) A description of the forecasting methods or evidence, used to...
    8. (8) A description of the measures envisaged to avoid, prevent, reduce...
    9. (9) A description of the expected significant adverse effects of the...
    10. (10) A non-technical summary of the information provided under points 1...
    11. (11) A reference list detailing the sources used for the descriptions...
16. Schedule 2 · Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders and Schemes
    1. (1) As soon as may be after a scheme or order...
    2. (1A) Where an order, scheme or instrument confirming a scheme is...
    3. (2) If any person aggrieved by the scheme or order desires...
    4. (3) On any such application the Court— (a) may by interim...
    5. (4) Subject to paragraph 3 above, a scheme or order to...
    6. (5) Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders and Schemes
    7. (6) Validity and Date of Operation of Certain Orders and Schemes
17. Schedule 3 · Classes of Traffic for Purposes of Special Roads
18. Schedule 4 · Procedure for Determination by Roads Authority of Certain Questions in Connection with Cattle-Grids
    1. (1) (1) Before determining, under section 41 or 45 of this...
    2. (2) If no representation is duly made under paragraph 1 above,...
    3. (3) (1) Where a representation is duly made as aforesaid and...
    4. (4) For the purpose of displaying a notice as required by...
    5. (5) The Secretary of State may make regulations for securing that...
    6. (6) In relation to the exercise by a local roads authority...
19. Schedule 5 · Distance Limits from Public Road for Purposes of Compulsory Acquisition
    1. Part I Table of Limits
    2. Part II Further Provision With Respect to Limits
20. Schedule 6 · Special Transitional Provisions for Trunk Roads
    1. Part I
    2. Part II
21. Schedule 7 · Restricted Roads
    1. Amendment of Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c.27)
    2. Transitional provision
22. Schedule 8 · Penalties for Offences
23. Schedule 8A · Fixed penalty offences
24. Schedule 8B · Fixed penalties for certain offences
    1. Power to give fixed penalty notices
    2. Contents of fixed penalty notice
    3. The amount of the penalty and the period for payment
    4. The discounted amount
    5. Effect of notice and payment of penalty
    6. Request for hearing
    7. Power to withdraw notices
    8. Effect of prosecution on notice
    9. Recovery of unpaid fixed penalties
    10. Judicial determination of enforcement of fixed penalty
    11. General and supplementary
25. Schedule 9 · Minor and Consequential Amendments
    1. The Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 (c. 45)
    2. The Railway Regulation Act 1842 (c. 55)
    3. The Railways Clauses Consolidation(Scotland) Act 1845 (c. 33)
    4. The Railways Clauses Act 1863 (c. 92)
    5. The Trespass (Scotland) Act 1865 (c. 56)
    6. The Tramways Act 1870 (c. 78)
    7. The Explosives Act 1875 (c. 17)
    8. The Entail Amendment (Scotland) Act 1875 (c. 61)
    9. The Settled Land Act 1882 (c. 38)
    10. The Crofters Holdings (Scotland) Act 1886 (c. 29)
    11. The Military Tramways Act 1887 (c. 65)
    12. The Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (c. 25)
    13. The Military Lands Act 1892 (c. 43)
    14. The Light Railways Act 1896 (c. 48)
    15. The Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 (c. 38)
    16. The Congested Districts (Scotland) Act 1897 (c. 53)
    17. The Dogs Act 1906 (c. 32)
    18. The Light Railways Act 1912 (c. 19)
    19. The Defence of the Realm (Acquisition of Land) Act 1916 (c. 63)
    20. The Roads Act 1920 (c. 72)
    21. The Railways Act 1921 (c. 55)
    22. The Rating and Valuation (Apportionment) Act 1928 (c. 44)
    23. The Road Traffic Act 1930 (c. 43)
    24. The Road and Rail Traffic Act 1933 (c. 53)
    25. The Public Order Act 1936 (c. 6)
    26. The Coal Act 1938 (c. 52).
    27. The Civil Defence Act 1939 (c. 31)
    28. The Requisitioned Land and War Works Act 1945 (c. 43)
    29. The Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41)
    30. The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c. 42)
    31. The Local Government Act 1948 (c. 26)
    32. The Civil Defence Act 1948 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 5)
    33. The Coast Protection Act 1949 (c.74)
    34. The Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 (c.39)
    35. The Pet Animals Act 1951 (c. 35)
    36. The Mineral Workings Act 1951 (c. 60)
    37. The Prevention of Crime Act 1953 (c. 14)
    38. The Atomic Energy Authority Act 1954 (c.69)
    39. The Mines and Quarries Act 1954 (c. 70)
    40. The Crofters (Scotland) Act 1955 (c. 21)
    41. The Coal-Mining (Subsidence) Act 1957 (c. 59)
    42. The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 (c.30)
    43. The Local Government (Omnibus Shelters and Queue Barriers) (Scotland) Act 1958 (c. 50)
    44. The Opencast Coal Act 1958 (c. 69)
    45. The Manoeuvres Act 1958 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 7)
    46. The Building (Scotland) Act 1959 (c. 24)
    47. The Weeds Act 1959 (c. 54)
    48. The Road Traffic Act 1960 (c. 16)
    49. The Flood Prevention (Scotland) Act 1961 (c. 41)
    50. The Pipe-lines Act 1962 (c. 58)
    51. The Weights and Measures Act 1963 (c. 31)
    52. The Agriculture and Horticulture Act 1964 (c. 28)
    53. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1966 (c. 51)
    54. The Agriculture Act 1967 (c. 22)
    55. The Countryside (Scotland) Act 1967 (c. 86)
    56. The New Towns (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 16)
    57. The Firearms Act 1968 (c. 27)
    58. The Countryside Act 1968 (c. 41)
    59. The Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 47)
    60. The Caravan Sites Act 1968 (c. 52)
    61. The Transport Act 1968 (c. 73)
    62. The Vehicles Excise Act 1971 (c. 10)
    63. The Roads Traffic (Foreign Vehicles) Act 1972 (c. 27)
    64. The Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1972 (c. 52)
    65. The Land Compensation (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 56)
    66. The Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65)
    67. The Control of Pollution Act 1974 (c. 40)
    68. The Safety of Sports Grounds Act 1975 (c. 52)
    69. The Airports Authority Act 1975 (c. 78)
    70. The Licensing (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 66)
    71. The Refuse Disposal (Amenity) Act 1978 (c. 3)
    72. The Education (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 44)
    73. The Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (c. 45)
    74. The Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65)
    75. The Public Passenger Vehicles Act 1981 (c. 14)
    76. The Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (c. 69)
    77. The Civil Aviation Act 1982 (c. 16)
    78. The Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 43)
    79. The Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982 (c. 45)
    80. The Transport Act 1982 (c. 49)
    81. The Level Crossings Act 1983 (c. 16)
    82. The Litter Act 1983 (c. 35)
    83. The Telecommunications Act 1984 (c. 12)
    84. The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 (c. 27)
26. Schedule 10 · Transitional Provisions and Savings
    1. (1) (1) Subject to paragraph 4 of this Schedule, in so...
    2. (2) Without prejudice to any express amendment made by this Act,...
    3. (3) Where any period of time specified in any of the...
    4. (4) (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the repealed enactments...
    5. (5) Without prejudice to paragraph 1 or 4 above, any reference...
    6. (6) Transitional Provisions and Savings
    7. (7) In relation to an order under section 3 of the...
27. Schedule 11 · Repeals