Highways Act 1562

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.

Highways Act 1562

Act of Parliament
Parliament of England
Long title	An Act for the Continuance of the Statute made 2 & 3 P. & M. for the Amendment of Highways.
Citation	5 Eliz. 1. c. 13
Dates
Royal assent	10 April 1563
Commencement	10 April 1563
Repealed	21 September 1767
Other legislation
Amends	Highways Act 1555
Repealed by	Highways (No. 2) Act 1766
Status: Repealed

Background

The Highways Act 1555 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.

Repeal

It was repealed by section 57 of the Highways (No. 2) Act 1766 (7 Geo. 3.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

Bibliography

• Tanner, J. R. (1951). Tudor Constitutional Documents, AD 1485-1603. Cambridge University Press.