# The Northampton Gateway Rail Freight Interchange Order 2019, Paragraph 6: Provisional certificate and defects and maintenance period

Extent: E+W+S

(1) As soon as each phase of the county highway works has been completed and—
(a) a Stage 3 Road Safety Audit for that phase has been carried out;
(b) any resulting recommendations have been complied with and any exceptions agreed;
(c) the undertaker has provided a plan clearly identifying the extent of any land which is to become highway maintainable at public expense by the local highway authority upon the issue of the final certificate referred to in paragraph 7 of this Part of this Schedule;
(d) the undertaker providing confirmation that any additional land which is to be dedicated as highway maintainable at public expense is so dedicated; and
(e) the as built information has been provided to the local highway authority,
the local highway authority must issue a provisional certificate of completion in respect of that phase of the county highway works such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) the undertaker must at its own expense remedy any and all defects and of any and all imperfections and all other faults arising out of defective design materials or workmanship or of any other nature whatsoever (which includes all damage to the highway whether accidental or otherwise (but only that attributable to defective design materials or workmanship and excluding winter maintenance)) in that phase of the county highway works as reasonably required to be remedied by the local highway authority and identified by the local highway authority during a period of 24 months from the date of the provisional certificate in respect of that phase.
(3) The local highway authority will provide to the undertaker all information on any accident or incident resulting in damage to the highway which occurs in any phase of the county highway works during the period of 24 months referred to in sub-paragraph (2).
(4) The undertaker must submit Stage 4 Road Safety Audits for each phase of the county highway works as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the Road Safety Audit Standard. The undertaker must comply with the findings of the Stage 4 Road Safety Audits and be responsible for all costs of and incidental to such audits.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2019/1358/schedule/13/part/3/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/northampton-gateway-rail-freight-interchange-order-2019/schedule-13/part-3/paragraph-6
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