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PART III.
ROADS.
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Maintenance and construction of roads.
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24.—(1) On and after the 1st day of April, 1925—
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(a) the maintenance and construction of all county and main roads in a county shall be the duty of the council of such county;
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(b) the maintenance and construction of all urban roads in an urban district shall be the duty of the council of such urban district.
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(2) The council of a county or county borough and the council of an adjoining county or county borough may, with the consent of the Minister, agree that the last-mentioned council shall construct or maintain any portion of any road which it is the duty under this Act of the first-mentioned council to construct or maintain, and where such agreement is so made it shall be the duty of the last-mentioned council during the continuance of the agreement to construct or maintain (as the case may be) such portion of such road in accordance with such agreement, and the cost of such construction or maintenance (as the case may be) shall be paid by the first-mentioned council to the last-mentioned council in accordance with regulations to be made by the Minister.
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(3) On the application of the council of an urban district or of the council of the county in which such urban district is situate, the Minister may by order direct—
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(a) that the council of such county is to construct or maintain all or any of the urban roads in such urban district, or
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(b) that the council of such urban district is to construct or maintain all or any of the main roads in such urban district,
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and, while such order remains in force, it shall, notwithstanding the provisions of sub-section (1) of this section, be the duty of the council of such county or urban district (as the case may be) in accordance with the provisions of such order, to construct or maintain such urban or main roads respectively, but such order shall not affect the area of charge for the expenses of such construction or maintenance, and so much of such expenses as is chargeable on such urban district or on the county, exclusive of such urban district (as the case may be) shall be paid to the council of such county by the council of such urban district or to the council of such urban district by the council of such county respectively in accordance with regulations to be made by the Minister.
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(4) The provisions of this section shall not apply to any road or portion of a road which under the provisions of any enactment it is the duty of any person other than a local authority to construct or maintain.
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