Paragraph 5 Final certificateI1

The undertaker must apply to the director for issue of the final certificate in respect of each phase at the expiration of the maintenance period in respect of that phase or on a date (whichever is the later) on which any damage arising during the maintenance period is made good. to the reasonable satisfaction of the director or completion of all or any works identified by any road safety audit required in accordance with paragraph 27.

Upon receipt of the as built information in respect of a phase and approval of the same, the director must issue a final certificate in respect of that phase and as from the date of such final certificate the highway works become highways maintainable at the public expense.

If the undertaker does not apply for and receive a final certificate for a phase within two years of the issue of the provisional certificate in respect of that phase the undertaker must pay to the highway authority a further administration charge of five hundred pounds (£500.00).