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Local Government Act 1974

Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways - Formation, alteration, stopping, and closing of roads

334A: Council may light roads, etc

You could also call this:

"Councils can put lights on roads and in public places to keep communities safe"

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You can think of a council like a group of people who help make decisions for your local community. A council can do things to light up roads, private roads, and public places with any type of energy. They can light up private ways too, but only if the owner says it's okay.

The council can build or buy the things they need to make the lighting work, like buildings and machinery. They can also make a deal with someone to supply them with energy. The council can put up poles and lay cables and pipes under or over roads and public places, but they have to follow some rules, which are outlined in Schedule 14.

The council can also work with someone else to light up the roads and public places, and they can give that person or group the power to do some of the things the council can do. This helps the council keep everything in good repair, including the lighting and the roads.

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Part 21Roads (other than regional roads), service lanes, and access ways
Formation, alteration, stopping, and closing of roads

334ACouncil may light roads, etc

  1. A council may do all things necessary to light with any form of energy roads, private roads, public places, and (with the consent of the owner) private ways in the district.

  2. In the exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the council may—

  3. acquire or construct or reconstruct, purchase, extend, enlarge, and maintain all buildings, machinery, works, and plant necessary to light roads, private roads, public places, and (with the consent of the owner) private ways in the district:
    1. contract for a supply of energy on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit:
      1. erect poles with all requisite fittings thereto in the roads, private roads, public places, and (with the consent of the owner) private ways in the district, subject, in the case of roads, private roads, and public places not under the control of the council, to Schedule 14:
        1. lay cables and pipes under or over the roads, private roads, public places, and private ways in the district, subject in the case of roads, private roads, and public places not under the control of the council, and in the case of private ways, to Schedule 14:
          1. alter any drains or water pipes thereunder in such manner as may be necessary, but not so as to injuriously affect the same:
            1. do all things necessary to keep works and everything appertaining to the lighting of roads, private roads, public places, and (with the consent of the owner) private ways in the district in good repair.

              1. A council may—

              2. contract with any other body or person to light the roads, private roads, public places, and (with the consent of the owner) private ways within the district with any form of energy; and
                1. in that contract, authorise the body or person acting under the contract to exercise all or any of the powers conferred upon the council by this section, so far as this section is applicable to the construction and maintenance of the works necessary for effecting that lighting.

                  Notes
                  • Section 334A: inserted, on , by section 89(1) of the Energy Companies Act 1992 (1992 No 56).