Article 37 Traffic regulationI1

Subject to the provisions of this article the Company may, for the purposes and during the construction of the authorised works and with the consent of the traffic authority in whose area the relevant street is situated (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld)—

The Company must consult the chief officer of police and the traffic authority in whose area the road is situated before complying with the provisions of paragraph (3).

The Company must not exercise the powers of this article unless it has—

Any prohibition, restriction or other provision made by the Company under paragraph (1) has effect as if duly made by the traffic authority in whose area the street is situated as a traffic regulation order under the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984^f1 and the instrument by which it is effected may specify savings to which the prohibition, restriction or other provision is subject.

Any prohibition or restriction made by the Company under paragraph (1) does not apply to any vehicle of a statutory utility for so long as it is engaged in connection with the laying, erection, alteration, repair or inspection of any apparatus of that utility.

In this article—

• “the relevant streets” means the carriageway of the streets specified in columns (1) and (2) of Schedule 12 (traffic regulation); and

• “statutory utility” means a statutory undertaker for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980^f2 or a public communications provider as defined in section 151(1) of the Communications Act 2003^f3.