Article 13 Construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets

Any street to be constructed under this Order, other than any comprised in Works Nos. 1A, 1B, 3C, 4B, 4C, 4D, 6N, 14A and 23A, shall be completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority and shall, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the undertaker for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.

Where a street is altered or diverted under this Order, the altered or diverted part of the street shall when completed to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority, unless otherwise agreed, be maintained by and at the expense of the Executive for a period of 12 months from its completion and at the expiry of that period by and at the expense of the street authority.

Nothing in this article shall prejudice the operation of section 87 of the 1991 Act (prospectively maintainable highways); and the Executive shall not by reason of any duty under this 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.

Nothing in this article shall have effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part III of the 1991 Act apply.