{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-norton-bridge-area-improvements-order-2014/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2014/909",
  "legislation_title": "The Network Rail (Norton Bridge Area Improvements) Order 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/network-rail-norton-bridge-area-improvements-order-2014",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Application of the 1991 Act",
  "text": "(1) Works carried out under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway are to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1991 Act (street works in England and Wales) as major transport works if—\n(a) they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a), (c) to (e), (g) and (h) of section 86(3) of that Act (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works); or\n(b) they are works which, had they been carried out by the highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64 of the 1980 Act (dual carriageways and roundabouts).\n(2) The following provisions of the 1991 Act do not apply in relation to any works carried out under the powers conferred by this Order—\nsection 56 (directions as to timing);\nsection 56A (power to give directions as to placing of apparatus);\nsection 58 (restriction on works following substantial road works);\nsection 58A (restriction on works following substantial street works);\nsection 73A (power to require undertaker to re-surface street);\nsection 73B (power to specify timing etc. of re-surfacing);\nsection 73C (materials, workmanship and standard of re-surfacing);\nsection 78A (contributions to costs of re-surfacing by undertaker); and\nSchedule 3A (restriction on works following substantial street works).\n(3) The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (4) (which, together with other provisions of that Act, apply in relation to the carrying out of street works) and any regulations made or code of practice issued or approved under those provisions apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to the temporary stopping up, temporary alteration or temporary diversion of a street by Network Rail under the powers conferred by article 13 (temporary stopping up of streets) and the carrying out of works under article 9 (street works) whether or not the stopping up, alteration or diversion, or the carrying out of such works, constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.\n(4) The provisions of the 1991 Act referred to in paragraph (3) are—\nsection 54 (advance notice of certain works), subject to paragraph (5);\nsection 55 (notice of starting date of works), subject to paragraph (5);\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 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation); and\nsection 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route),\nand all such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.\n(5) Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (3) have effect as if references in section 57 of that Act to emergency works included a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Art. 12 in force at 21.4.2014, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/909/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T00:20:05.735974+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."
}