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Highways Act 1951
7Easements appurtenant to highways
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7 Easements appurtenant to highways
(1) Easements appurtenant to land over which there is a highway for the benefit of that highway shall, if the seisin of the highway is severed from the seisin of the subjacent land and vested in a highway authority, be annexed and appurtenant to the highway without any express mention or conveyance.
(2) Easements appurtenant to a highway shall enure to any highway authority in which the highway is for the time being vested.
(3) An easement appurtenant to a highway may be granted to the highway authority for (naming the highway) without naming the highway authority.