Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950 (repealed 1.1.1993)

14 Geo. 6 c. 39 · Enacted 26 October 1950 · Extends to England, Wales and Scotland

Contents

1. Part I: The Street Works Code
2. Preliminary
3. 1Purposes of the street works code, and works the execution of which is to be regulated thereby.
4. 2Parties to proceedings under the street works code.
5. The street works code
6. 3Settlement of a plan and section to be a condition of execution of major works.
7. 4Procedure as to plans and sections, etc.: general provisions.
8. 5Procedure as to plans and sections, etc.: provisions as to works in controlled land.
9. 6Works not to be begun until after notice to authorities and managers concerned.
10. 7Requirements as to mode of executing major works, and as to reinstatement.
11. 8Requirements as to safety, obstruction, etc., to be observed in execution of works.
12. 9Protection for street managers of a street which is prospectively a maintainable highway.
13. 10Protection for transport authorities (right to execute works and to be paid cost thereof).
14. 11Protection for transport authorities (special precautions in execution of certain works).
15. 12Protection for sewer authorities.
16. 13Protection for managers of sewers, drains or tunnels not being public sewers.
17. 14Provision as to default in removing apparatus placed temporarily.
18. Transition to the street works code and exclusion of other regulative provisions
19. 15Time for taking effect of the street works code, and exclusion of other statutory provisions.
20. 16Agreements inconsistent with the street works code to be invalid.
21. Provisions relating to code-regulated works: consents, liability of undertakers for damage, etc., and minor amendments
22. 17Exclusion or restriction of requirements of consent as to certain code-regulated works.
23. 18Liabilities of undertakers to street and bridge authorities or managers.
24. 19Liabilities of undertakers to transport authorities.
25. 20Amendments consequential on enactment of the street works code.
26. Part II: Code to have effect where Apparatus is Affected by Road, Bridge or Transport Works
27. Cases in which the code in this Part of this Act is to have effect
28. 21Cases in which the code in this Part is to have effect.
29. 21Cases in which the code in this Part is to have effect.
30. The code in this Part of this Act
31. 22Undertakers’ right to payment for works made necessary by, and obligation to facilitate, road, etc. works.
32. 23Limitations on undertakers’ right to payment for works, and county contribution towards such a payment.
33. Transition to the code in this Part of this Act and exclusion of other regulative provisions
34. 24Time for taking effect of the code in this Part, and exclusion of other statutory provisions.
35. 25Agreements inconsistent with the code in this Part to be invalid.
36. Part III: Miscellaneous
37. Requirements as to undertakers’ works which are likely to affect other undertakers’ apparatus
38. 26Requirements as to undertakers’ works which are likely to affect other undertakers’ apparatus.
39. Provisions relating to closing of roads for works
40. 27Power to prohibit or restrict traffic on ground of execution of works, and liability of undertakers for cost of use of alternative route.
41. 28Restriction on breaking up by undertakers of maintainable highways recently closed or re-surfaced.
42. Storage of equipment at side of road
43. 29Storage of equipment at side of road.
44. Part IV: General
45. Provisions as to enforcement, and other general provisions
46. 30Provisions as to enforcement.
47. 31Arbitration.
48. 32Provisions against duplication of compensation, etc.
49. 33Financial provisions.
50. 34Notices, etc., and reckoning of periods.
51. Application to London and to Scotland
52. 35Application to London.
53. 36Application to Scotland.
54. Interpretation
55. 37References to property held or used for transport undertakings, and to powers for railway or tramway purposes.
56. 38References to powers to execute works in streets, to bridges, and to service pipes and lines.
57. 39Definitions.
58. Short title and extent
59. 40Short title and extent.
60. Schedule FIRST: Definition of “Controlled Land”, and provisions as to authorisation of works therein
61. Definition of “Controlled Land”
62. 1Paragraph 1
63. Provisions as to authorisation of execution of works in controlled land
64. 2Paragraph 2
65. 3Paragraph 3
66. 4Paragraph 4
67. 5Paragraph 5
68. 6Paragraph 6
69. 7Paragraph 7
70. Provision for case of controlled land ceasing to be such after authorisation of execution of works therein
71. 8Paragraph 8
72. Schedule SECOND: Declarations Designating Streets as Prospectively Maintainable highways
73. 1Paragraph 1
74. 2Paragraph 2
75. Schedule Second: Declarations Designating Roads as Prospective Public Roads
76. 1Paragraph 1
77. 2Paragraph 2
78. 3Paragraph 3
79. Schedule THIRD: Reinstatement and Making Good by Street Authority or Street Managers after Execution of Undertakers’ Works
80. 1Paragraph 1
81. 2Paragraph 2
82. 3Paragraph 3
83. 4Paragraph 4
84. 5Paragraph 5
85. 6Paragraph 6
86. 7Paragraph 7
87. Schedule FOURTH: Supplementary Provisions of the Code in Part II of this Act
88. Part I: Settlement of Specification of Works and Measures to be treated as rendered necessary under the Code in Part II
89. 1Paragraph 1
90. Settlement of specification at the instance of the undertakers
91. 2Paragraph 2
92. 3Paragraph 3
93. 4Paragraph 4
94. 5Paragraph 5
95. 6Paragraph 6
96. Settlement of specification at the instance of the promoting authority
97. 7Paragraph 7
98. Part II: Modifications of the Code in Part II of this Act to Apply where two or more Operations being Authority’s Works are Executed on the Same Occasion
99. 8Paragraph 8
100. 9Paragraph 9
101. 10Paragraph 10
102. 11Paragraph 11
103. Schedule FIFTHConsequential Modifications of Public General Enactments
104. Schedule SIXTH: Powers for Consequential Modification of Special Enactments, and for Savings as to Certain Protections and Consent Requirements
105. Part I: Powers
106. Power to provide for consequential modification of special enactments
107. 1Paragraph 1
108. Power for saving certain existing protections
109. 2Paragraph 2
110. Powers for savings as to certain consent requirements
111. 3Paragraph 3
112. 4Paragraph 4
113. Part II: Procedure for making Orders under this Schedule
114. 5Paragraph 5
115. 6Paragraph 6
116. 7Paragraph 7
117. 8Paragraph 8
118. 9Paragraph 9
119. 10Paragraph 10
120. Part Table: Parties to be furnished with copies of drafts of orders under this Schedule
121. iParagraph i
122. iiParagraph ii
123. iiiParagraph iii
124. ivParagraph iv
125. vParagraph v
126. Schedule SEVENTH: Application to London
127. 1Paragraph 1
128. 2—4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
129. 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed
130. 6Paragraph 6
131. 7Paragraph 7
132. 8Paragraph 8
133. 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Repealed