Sch FIFTH para 6
Where, before the day on which a road becomes a trunk road, the former highway authority or any such local authority as aforesaid have been themselves executing works in connection with the construction, maintenance, repair, or improvement, or other dealing with the road, but have not completed the works before that day, the Minister shall, if required to do so by the authority, purchase all unused materials necessarily acquired by the authority for the purpose of the works and hire from the authority all plant so acquired which is still necessary for the purpose of the works.