Highway Act

Highway Act (with its variations) is a stock short title used in India, the United Kingdom and the United States for legislation relating to highways.

India

• The National Highways Act, 1956^[1]

United Kingdom

• The Highways Act 1555
• The Highways Act 1562
• The Highways Act 1662
• The Locomotives and Highways Act
• The Highway (Railway Crossings) Act 1839 (2 & 3 Vict c 45)
• The Special Roads Act 1949
• The Highways Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz 2 c 25)
• The Highways (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz 2 c 63)
• The Highways (Amendment) Act 1965 (c 30)
• The Highways Act 1971 (c 41)
• The Highways Act 1980 (c 66)
• The Highways (Amendment) Act 1986
• The Highways (Obstruction by Body Corporate) Act 2004 (c 29)

The Highway Acts 1835 to 1885 was the collective title of the following Acts:^[2]

• The Highway Act 1835 (5 & 6 Will 4 c 50)
• The Highway Act 1862 (25 & 26 Vict c 61)
• The Highway Act 1863 (26 & 27 Vict c 61)
• The Highway Act 1864 (27 & 28 Vict c 101)
• The Highways and Locomotives (Amendment) Act 1878 (41 & 42 Vict c 77)
• The Highway Rate Assessment and Expenditure Act 1882 (45 & 46 Vict c 27)
• The Highway Act Amendment Act 1885 (48 & 49 Vict c 13)

United States

• Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956
• Federal Aid Highway Act of 1973
• Federal-Aid Highway Act (disambiguation page)
• National Highway System Designation Act of 1995

See also

• List of short titles

References

1. http://www.indiankanoon.org/doc/1222415/
2. The Short Titles Act 1896, section 2(1) and Schedule 2