| Short Title: | Barbed Wire Act 1893 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act to prevent the use of Barbed Wire for Fences in Roads, Streets, Lanes, and other Thoroughfares. |
| Year: | 1893 |
| Citation: | 56 & 57 Vict. c. 32 |
| Royal Assent: | 27 July 1893 |
| Repealing Legislation: | Highways Act 1959 |
| Status: | repealed |
The Barbed Wire Act 1893 (56 & 57 Vict. c. 32) was an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It provided that where barbed wire was placed adjoining a highway in such a manner as to pose a danger to people or animals using the highway, then the local authority was empowered to demand its removal; if the owner of the wire failed to remove it, the council could apply for a court order, and if this failed it was empowered to remove the wire and charge any expenses to the owner.[1]
The Act has since been repealed by the Highways Act 1959 (7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 25).[2] Similar provisions are now included in section 164 of the Highways Act 1980.