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Paragraph 12 Cable trenches

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In matter B6 in List B, after paragraph (8) insert—

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(9) The digging of a cable trench and the installation of cables, and the attachment of wiring, in the trench.

A plan showing the proposed route of the trench is submitted to the archdeacon when the archdeacon is consulted on the proposal to undertake the matter and the archdeacon approves the route proposed

No cables exceed low voltage (as defined by the regulations on electrical wiring published by the British Standards Institution)

Where the trench is underneath land used for the passage of vehicles (whether or not a public right of way), the depth of the trench is 600 millimetres

Where the trench is underneath a footpath (whether or not a public right of way), the depth of the trench is 450 millimetres

If articulated human remains are discovered in the carrying out of the work, the work ceases, the discovery is reported to the court and the work does not resume until the court so orders

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