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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-crewe-act-2021/schedule-4/paragraph-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-crewe-act-2021/schedule-4/paragraph-12.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2021/2",
  "legislation_title": "High Speed Rail (West Midlands - Crewe) Act 2021",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/high-speed-rail-west-midlands-crewe-act-2021",
  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/12",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where under this Act the nominated undertaker—\n(a) constructs a new highway, or\n(b) alters a highway, otherwise than by carrying out street works within the meaning of Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991,\nthe construction or alteration must be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the highway authority.\n(2) Where work mentioned in sub-paragraph (1) has been completed to the reasonable satisfaction of a highway authority, it must certify that fact in writing to the nominated undertaker.\n(3) If the nominated undertaker requests a highway authority to issue a certificate under sub-paragraph (2) and the highway authority does not before the end of the period of 28 days beginning with the date on which the request was made—\n(a) issue a certificate under that sub-paragraph, or\n(b) notify the nominated undertaker of its decision to refuse to issue such a certificate,\nit is to be treated as having issued such a certificate at the end of that period.\n(4) Any dispute with a highway authority under this paragraph must be referred to arbitration if the parties so agree, but must otherwise be determined by the Secretary of State.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2021/2/schedule/4/paragraph/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T08:59:14.315153+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."
}