For the purpose of erecting barriers in a street under this section a competent authority may provide and maintain sockets or slots in or under the surface of the street.
A competent authority shall not exercise the powers conferred by this setion in such a way as to deprive pedestrians of reasonable access to any premises.
Schedule 8 to this Act applies to the powers conferred on competent authorities by this section.
If a person wilfully removes a barrier, socket or slot erected or provided under this section, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding level 1 on the standard scale.
In this section "local authority" means any of the following, namely, the council of a district or London borough,. . . the Common Council and the Council of the Isles of Scilly but in relation to Wales, means a Welsh council.