(1) After section 128 of the Road Management Act 2004 insert —
(1) The Crown or a road authority is not liable for the maintenance of a road on Crown land or freehold land owned by the road authority only by reason of tenure over the land.
(2) This section does not limit the operation of section 40.'
(2) The amendment made to the Road Management Act 2004 by sub-section (1) is in substitution for section 129 of that Act.