{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-hill-solar-farm-order-2026/schedule-15/paragraph-67",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2026/1074",
  "legislation_title": "The Green Hill Solar Farm Order 2026",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/green-hill-solar-farm-order-2026",
  "path": "schedule/15/paragraph/67",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "67",
  "heading": "Provisional Certificate for road works",
  "text": "(1) Following the completion of any road works or prior to the reopening of any part of the strategic road network following any closure or partial closure, whichever is earlier, the undertaker must notify National Highways and National Highways will carry out a site inspection to satisfy itself that the strategic road network is, in its opinion, safe for traffic and the undertaker must comply with any requirements of National Highways following the site inspection.\n(2) As soon as the undertaker considers that the road works provisional certificate may be properly issued it must apply to National Highways for the road works provisional certificate.\n(3) Following an application for a road works provisional certificate, National Highways must as soon as reasonably practicable—\n(a) inspect the road works; and\n(b) provide the undertaker with a written list of works that are required for the road works provisional certificate to be issued or confirmation that no further works are required for this purpose.\n(4) When—\n(a) a stage 3 road safety audit for the road works has been carried out and all recommendations raised including remedial works have (subject to any exceptions agreed) been approved by National Highways;\n(b) the road works incorporating the approved remedial works under paragraph (a) and any further works notified to the undertaker pursuant to sub-paragraph (3)(b) have been completed to the satisfaction of National Highways;\n(c) the as built information has been provided to National Highways; and\n(d) the undertaker has paid the commuted sum to National Highways,\nNational Highways must issue the road works provisional certificate.\n(5) On the issue of the road works provisional certificate pursuant to this paragraph 67 and the cable works provisional certificate pursuant to paragraph 68 the bond sum shall be reduced to 20% provided that in the event any claim or claims have been made against the undertaker or liability on its part has arisen under the bond sum (which here shall also include any claim or claims to which National Highways are joined howsoever they arise) before that date National Highways will be at liberty to retain a sufficient sum in addition to the 20% to ensure it does not have to meet any costs for and/or arising from and/or in connection with the road works or cable works.\n(6) The undertaker must submit a stage 4 road safety audits as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the road safety audit standard. The undertaker must comply with the findings of the stage 4 road safety audit and must pay all costs of and incidental to such and provide updated as-built information to National Highways.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2026/1074/schedule/15/paragraph/67",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T20:54:07.044962+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."
}