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National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act 1949
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53 Ferries for purposes of long-distance routes.E+W
(1)Where approved proposals relating to a long-distance route include proposals for the provision and operation of a ferry, the authority who are the highway authority for either or both of the highways to be connected by the ferry—
(a)shall have power to provide and operate the ferry and to carry out such work and do all such things as appear to them expedient for the purpose of operating the ferry;
(b)may . . . F1 agree with any person or body of persons for the provision and operation of the ferry by him or them and for the making by the highway authority of such contributions as may be specified in the agreement:
Provided that nothing in this subsection shall—
(i)
be construed as conferring on such an authority any exclusive right to operate a ferry;
(ii)
authorise the doing of anything which apart from this subsection would be actionable by any person by virtue of his having an exclusive right to operate a ferry, unless he consents to the doing thereof;
(iii)
authorise the doing of anything on land, or as respects water over land, in which any other person has an interest, if apart from this subsection the doing thereof would be actionable at his suit by virtue of that interest and he does not consent to the doing thereof;
and before carrying out any work in the exercise of powers conferred by this subsection, being work on the bank or bed of any waterway, the highway authority shall consult with such authorities having functions relating to the waterway as the Minister may either generally or in any particular case direct.
(2)A highway authority may acquire land compulsorily for the purpose of any of their functions under paragraph (a) of the last foregoing subsection.
(3)(4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2
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F1Words repealed by Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1,2) s. 1(7), Sch. 7 para. 1, Sch. 34 Pt. VII
F2S. 53(3)(4) repealed by Local Government Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65, SIF 81:1,2) s. 1(7), Sch. 7 para. 1, Sch. 34 Pt. VII
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