Article 8 Street worksI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a)

break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel within or under it;

(b)

tunnel or bore under the street;

(c)

place and keep apparatus in the street;

(d)

maintain apparatus in the street or change its position; and

(e)

execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2)

The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.

(3)

In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 8 in force at 3.8.2023, see art. 1

Notes on the whole SI

Textual amendments

F1: Word in preamble substituted (31.1.2024) by The Hornsea Four Offshore Wind Farm (Correction) Order 2024 (S.I. 2024/117), art. 1(2), Sch.