Section 53 The street works register.I1 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52 C53 C54 C55 C56 C57 C58 C59 C60 C61 C62 C63 C64 C65 C66 C67 C68 C69 C70 C71 C72 C73 C74 C75 C76 C77 C78 C79 C80 C81 C82 C83 C84 C85 C86 C87 C88 C89 C90 C91

England and Wales

(1)

A street authority shall keep a register showing with respect to each street for which they are responsible such information as may be prescribed with respect to the street works, and such other descriptions of works as may be prescribed, executed or proposed to be executed in the street.

(2)

The register shall contain such other information, and shall be kept in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.

(3)

The authority shall make the register available for inspection, at all reasonable hours and free of charge—

(a)

so far as it relates to restricted information, by any person having authority to execute works of any description in the street, or otherwise appearing to the authority to have a sufficient interest, and

(b)

so far as it relates to information which is not restricted, by any person.

The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the information which is restricted for the purposes of this subsection.

(4)

The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the duties of street authorities under this section to be discharged by means of one or more central registers kept by a person appointed in pursuance of the arrangements.

F1(4A)

In subsection (4) “central register” means a register covering the areas of two or more street authorities.

(5)

If such arrangements are made the Secretary of State may require street authorities to participate in and make contributions towards the cost of the arrangements.

F2(5A)

In particular the Secretary of State may require a street authority to share information in their possession with a person appointed to keep a central register which discharges the duties of that authority under this section.

(6)

The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to any register kept in pursuance of this section—

(a)

requiring the registration of such information as may be prescribed, and

(b)

requiring the payment of such fee as may be prescribed in respect of the registration of information of any prescribed description;

and the regulations may contain provision as to the person responsible for securing the registration of the information and the person liable to pay the fee.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 53(4A) inserted (29.6.2020 for E.) by Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), ss. 45(3), 99(1); S.I. 2020/659, art. 2
F2: S. 53(5A) inserted (29.6.2020 for E.) by Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), ss. 45(4), 99(1); S.I. 2020/659, art. 2

Modifications

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S. 53: functions of a local authority made exercisable by, or by employees of, such person as may be authorised in that behalf by the local highway authority whose function it is (23.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2106, art. 2, Sch. 2 para. 1(a)

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S. 53 excluded (E.) (1.4.2008) by The Traffic Management Permit Scheme (England) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/3372), regs. 1(1), 36(a) (with reg. 35)

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