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Breaking up of roads, etc.
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16.—(1) Upon the commencement of a light railway order, the Board shall thereupon be authorised for the purpose of carrying out light railway works or the operation, maintenance, repair or improvement of a light railway or for any purpose incidental to the purposes aforesaid to—
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(a) open, break up and, if necessary, alter the level of any public road, or
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(b) construct a new road.
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(2) The Board shall not open, break up or alter the level of any public road or construct a new road without the prior consent in writing (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the road authority in whose functional area the road is situate or, in the case of a new road, to be situate.
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(3) A consent under subsection (2) may be given by the road authority subject to such conditions, restrictions or requirements as it thinks fit and specifies in the consent and the Board shall comply with such conditions, restrictions or requirements (if any).
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(4) The Board shall, as soon as practicable, reinstate any public road opened or broken up or altered pursuant to subsection (1)(a).
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