Section 15 Maps of underground networks

(1)

This regulation applies in respect of any network or part thereof, owned or operated by a generator or distributor which is below ground on land which is not under their control.

(2)

Every generator or distributor shall have and, so far as is reasonably practicable, keep up to date, a map or series of maps indicating the position and depth below surface level of all networks or parts thereof which they own or operate.

(3)

The generator or distributor shall make a copy of the whole or the relevant part of the map prepared or kept for the purposes of paragraph (2) available for inspection by any of—

(a)

the Department;

(b)

the Department of the Environment; and

(c)

any other person who can show reasonable cause for requiring to inspect any part of the map,

and shall, on request, provide a copy of such map or part of the map.

(4)

The generator or distributor may, at their discretion, require payment of a reasonable fee for the inspection or copying of the map or part thereof referred to in paragraph (3).

(5)

Any map prepared for the purposes of paragraph (2) may be prepared and kept by electronic means provided that that means has the capability of reproducing such map in printed form.

(6)

Nothing in this regulation shall require the inclusion, on a map prepared or kept for the purposes of paragraph (2), of information relating to the position and depth below surface level of networks or parts thereof which were placed below ground before 3rd February 1992 where it would not be reasonably practicable to obtain such information.