Road Traffic Act 1930

60Application to Scotland.

This Part of this Act shall apply to Scotland subject to the following modifications :—

(a)Subsection (1) of section forty-six of this Act shall apply to a county council and to the town council of a large burgh, as defined, in the [19 & 20 Geo. 5. c. 25.] Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1929:

(b)Subsection (2) of section forty-six of this Act shall apply to a county council:

(c)In lieu of the provisions of subsection (2) of section fifty-four of this Act, other than the proviso thereto, the following provision shall have effect—

• Any sums recoverable under this section shall be recoverable if not exceeding fifty pounds before the sheriff, whose decision shall be final, and, if exceeding that sum, either before the sheriff subject to an appeal to the Court of Session, or in the Court of Session:

(d)For the reference to the restrictions contained in section seventy of the [5 & 6 Will. 4. c. 50.] Highways Act, 1835, there shall be substituted a reference to the restrictions on the erection of steam engines within one hundred yards of a highway contained in section one hundred and seven of the Act First and Second William the Fourth, Chapter forty-three, as incorporated with and extended and applied by the [41 & 42 Vict. c. 51.] Roads and Bridges (Scotland) Act, 1878 :

(e)Section fifty-three of this Act shall have effect as if for any reference to the council of a county borough or urban district there were substituted a reference to the town council of a burgh charged with the maintenance and management of any of the highways therein, and as if paragraph (a) of subsection (2) were omitted therefrom, and on any transfer under the said section of a road or bridge to a county or town council the road or bridge shall become vested in and maintainable by such council as a highway, and the provisions of all general enactments relating to highways shall become applicable accordingly;

(f)The [11 Geo. 3. c. 53.] Highways (Scotland) Act, 1771, is hereby repealed.