Highways Act 1562

{{Short description|Act of Parliament of the England}}

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{{Infobox UK legislation

| short_title = Highways Act 1562

| type = Act

| parliament = Parliament of England

| long_title = An Act for the Continuance of the Statute made 2 & 3 P. & M. for the Amendment of Highways.

| year = 1562

| citation = 5 Eliz. 1. c. 13

| territorial_extent = England and Wales

| royal_assent = 10 April 1563

| commencement = 11 January 1563{{efn|Start of session.}}

| expiry_date =

| repeal_date = 21 September 1767

| amends = Highways Act 1555

| replaces =

| amendments = {{ubli|Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1584|Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1586}}

| repealing_legislation = Highways (No. 2) Act 1766

| related_legislation =

| status = Repealed

| original_text = https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=pst.000017915519&seq=531

}}

The Highways Act 1562 (5 Eliz. 1. c. 13), sometimes the Second Statute of Highways, was an act of the Parliament of England, that was passed in 1563, which extended the provisions of the Highways Act 1555 (2 & 3 Ph. & M. c. 8).

Background

The Highways Act 1555 (2 & 3 Ph. & M. c. 8) was an act, passed in 1555 during the reign of Queen Mary I, which mandated that every householder of a parish had to provide four days labour in a year on the highways.

The act

The act amended the original act by extending the provisions for a further twenty years, and made the requirement six days labour rather than four. Supervisors of highway work were empowered to take debris from quarries and dig for gravel without permission of the landowners. The act also empowered Justices of the Peace at Quarter Sessions to investigate and punish supervisors in cases where they were in dereliction of their duties, imposing fines as thought to be necessary.{{Sfn|Tanner|1951|p=499}}

Legacy

The act was continued until the end of the next session of parliament by the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1584 (27 Eliz. 1. c. 11) and made perpetual by the Continuance, etc. of Laws Act 1586 (29 Eliz. 1. c. 5)

The whole act was repealed by section 57 of the Highways (No. 2) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3. c. 42).

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