[130A Notices to enforce duty regarding public paths]

[130A  Notices to enforce duty regarding public paths]

[(1)     Any person who alleges, as respects any highway for which a local highway authority other than an inner London authority are the highway authority—

(a)     that the highway falls within subsection (2) below, and

(b)     that it is obstructed by an obstruction to which this section applies,

may serve on the highway authority notice requesting them to secure the removal of the obstruction from the highway.

(2)     A highway is within this subsection if it is—

(a)     a footpath, bridleway, or restricted byway, or

(b)     a way shown in a definitive map and statement as a restricted byway or a byway open to all traffic.

(3)     Subject to subsection (4) below, this section applies to an obstruction of the highway if the obstruction is without lawful authority and either—

(a)     the powers conferred by

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