Section 128: Penalty for using access which has been stopped up.

Highways Act 1980 · 1980 c. 66View on legislation.gov.uk

Highways Act 1980
- Section 127: Stopping up private access to premises by agreement.
- Section 129: Further provisions with respect to new means of access.

Part VIII: Stopping up and diversion of highways and stopping up of means of access to highways

Any person who uses an access which has been stopped up by virtue of section 124, 125 or 127 above other than a person exercising a public right of way is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.

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