Highways (Amendment
No. 4) (Jersey) Law 2006
A LAW to further amend the Highways
(Jersey) Law 1956.
Adopted by the
States 1st November 2005
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 14th February 2006
Registered by the
Royal Court 3rd
March 2006
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law, “the
principal Law” means the Highways
(Jersey) Law 1956[1].
2 Long
title amended
In the long title to the
principal Law, for the words “below, or above highways” there shall
be substituted the words “, and the removal of accident debris, below or
on or above highways; and for related matters”.
3 New Article 5A inserted
After Article 5 of the principal Law there
shall be inserted the following Article –
“5A Clearance
of accident debris
(1) If any debris is deposited below, on or
above a highway in consequence of any accident, the highway authority shall
remove the debris from the highway.
(2) Paragraph (1) applies whether or not
the accident itself occurs below, on or above the highway.
(3) If a highway authority removes any debris
under paragraph (1), the highway authority may recover the expenses reasonably
incurred by it in doing so as a civil debt from any person who causes the
accident.
(4) This Article applies, instead of Articles
1(1) and 45 of the Loi (1914) sur La Voirie,[2] to the removal of debris
deposited below, on or above a highway in consequence of any accident.”.
4 Citation
and commencement
(1) This
Law may be cited as the Highways (Amendment No. 4) (Jersey Law 2006.
(2) This
Law comes into force on the seventh day after it is registered in the Royal
Court.
a.h. harris
Deputy Greffier of the States