Explanatory note

Article 3 of this Order brings into force on 14th July 1992 the following provisions of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Section 48 (streets, street works and undertakers);

Section 49 (the street authority and other relevant authorities);

Section 52 (emergency works);

Section 53(4), (5) and (6) (arrangements and regulations by the Secretary of State for the street works register);

Section 54 (advance notice of certain works);

Section 56 (power to give directions as to timing of street works);

Section 59(3) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);

Section 60(2) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to general duty of undertakers to co-operate);

Section 62 (supplementary provisions as to designation of protected streets);

Sections 63 and 64 (streets with special engineering difficulties and traffic-sensitive streets);

Section 65(3) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to safety measures);

Section 67 (qualifications of supervisors and trained operatives);

Section 70(4) (power of Secretary of State to prescribe longer period than that set out in the subsection for permanent reinstatement following interim reinstatement);

Section 71 (power of Secretary of State to prescribe materials, standards of workmanship and performance and to issue or approve codes of practice relating to reinstatement);

Section 75 (inspection fees);

Section 81(3) and (4) (power of Secretary of State to make regulations concerning inspection and maintenance of apparatus);

Section 84(2) (power of Secretary of State to issue or approve code of practice relating to measures necessary where apparatus affected by major works);

Section 85 (power of Secretary of State to make regulations as to sharing of cost of such necessary measures);

Sections 86 and 87 (highway authorities, highways and related matters and prospectively maintainable highways);

Sections 97, 98 and 99 (service of notices and other documents, reckoning of periods and arbitration);

Sections 104, 105 and 106 (regulations, minor definitions and index of defined expressions);

Section 167(4) and (5) (application to the Crown);

Schedule 4 (streets with special engineering difficulties).