270 Transfer of lighting systems

270  Transfer of lighting systems

(1)     In this section—

“footway lighting system” means a system of lighting, provided for a highway, which satisfies the following conditions, namely, that either:—

(a)     no lamp is mounted more than 13 feet above ground level, or

(b)     no lamp is mounted more than 20 feet above ground level and there is at least one interval of more than 50 yards between adjacent lamps in the system,

or such other conditions as may be prescribed by order of the Minister in substitution for the above mentioned conditions;

“road lighting system” means a lighting system that is not a footway lighting system;

and references in this section, as respects a transfer from a lighting authority to a highway authority, to “the agreed date” are references to such date as may be determined by agreement between the two authorities or, in default of such agreement, as the Minister may direct.

(2)     Subsections

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