{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-eccles-extension-order-1996/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2714",
  "legislation_title": "The Greater Manchester (Light Rapid Transit System) (Eccles Extension) Order 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greater-manchester-light-rapid-transit-system-eccles-extension-order-1996",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application of 1991 Act",
  "text": "(1) Section 56 (directions as to timing) and section 58 (restrictions following substantial road works) of the 1991 Act shall not apply in relation to any works executed under the power of this Order.\n(2) The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (3) below which together with other provisions of that Act apply in relation to the execution of street works and any regulations made or code of practice issued or approved under those provisions, shall apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to the stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street by the undertaker under the powers conferred by this Order whether or not the stopping up, alteration or diversion constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.\n(3) The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in paragraph (2) above are—\nsection 54 (advance notice of certain works);\nsection 55 (notice of starting date of works);\nsection 57 (notice of emergency works);\nsection 59 (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);\nsection 60 (general duty of undertakers to co-operate);\nsection 68 (facilities to be afforded to street authority);\nsection 69 (works likely to affect other apparatus in the street);\nsection 75 (inspection fees);\nsection 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation);\nsection 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route); and\nall such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.\n(4) Nothing in article 13 (construction and maintenance of new or altered streets) of this Order shall—\n(a) prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the undertaker shall not by reason of any duty under that article to maintain a street be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part III of that Act;\n(b) have effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part III of the 1991 Act apply.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2714/article/4",
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  },
  "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."
}