{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/schedule-4/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986/schedule-4/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/44",
  "legislation_title": "Gas Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/gas-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Except in cases of emergency arising from defects in any pipes or other works, a street which—\n(a) does not constitute for the purposes of the Highways Act 1980 a highway or part of a highway maintainable at the public expense; and\n(b) is under the control or management of, or maintainable by, any railway authority or navigation authority,\nshall not be opened or broken up under paragraph 1 above except with the consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of that authority.\n(2) Any question whether or not consent to the opening or breaking up of such a street is unreasonably withheld shall be determined by a single arbitrator to be appointed by the parties or, in default of agreement, appointed by the Director.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 4 para. 4(1)(2) substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 para. 119(2) (with s. 25(2)); (E.W.) S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and (S.) S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1980 c. 66."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/44/schedule/4/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:56:01.836902+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}