[137ZA Power to order offender to remove obstruction]
Highways Act 1980 (1980 c 66) | Legislation

[137ZA  Power to order offender to remove obstruction]

[(1)     Where a person is convicted of an offence under section 137 above in respect of the obstruction of a highway and it appears to the court that—

(a)     the obstruction is continuing, and

(b)     it is in that person's power to remove the cause of the obstruction,

the court may, in addition to or instead of imposing any punishment, order him to take, within such reasonable period as may be fixed by the order,

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