146Nature of ownership of public roads

146 Nature of ownership of public roads

146 Nature of ownership of public roads

(1) Except as otherwise provided by this Act, the dedication of land as a public road—

(a) does not impose any liability on the owner of the road that the owner would not have if the owner were merely a person having the care, control and management of the road, and

(b) does not affect the rights or liabilities of any person under any easement or under any Act or law, and

(c) does not affect any rights of any person with respect to minerals below the surface of the road, and

(d) does not constitute the owner of the road as an occupier of the land, and

(e) does not authorise the owner of the road to dispose of any interest (other than an easement or covenant) in the land, and

(f) does not prevent any lands that were previously considered to be adjoining lands for the purposes of the Land Acquisition (Just Terms Compensation) Act 1991 from continuing to be so considered.

(2) This section does not restrict the power of a roads authority to regulate the digging up of public roads pursuant to the provisions of any other Act.