305 Recovery of expenses by councils and highway authorities
Highways Act 1980 (1980 c 66) | Legislation

Recovery of expenses

305  Recovery of expenses by councils and highway authorities

(1)     Where a council or a highway authority have incurred expenses for the repayment of which the owner of the premises in respect of which the expenses were incurred is liable—

(a)     under any of the provisions of this Act to which this section applies, or

(b)     by agreement with the council or highway authority,

those expenses, together with interest at such reasonable rate as the council may determine from the date of service of a demand for the expenses, may be recovered by the council or the highway authority

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