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Breaking up of roads, etc.
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50.—(1) Upon the commencement of a railway order, the railway undertaking shall thereupon be authorised for the purpose of carrying out railway works or the operation, maintenance, repair or improvement of a 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 or route of any public road, or
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(b) construct a new road.
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(2) The railway undertaking shall not open, break up or alter the level or route 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 railway undertaking shall comply with such conditions, restrictions or requirements (if any).
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