Paragraph 11 Construction hoursI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

Subject to Requirements 11(3) and 11(4), construction work must not take place outside the following hours—

(a)

07:00 and 19:00 from Monday to Friday; and

(b)

08:00 and 16:00 on Saturdays,

except in the event of an emergency.

(2)

In the event of an emergency, notification of that emergency must be given to the relevant planning authority as soon as practicable.

(3)

The following operations may take place outside the working hours referred to in Requirement 11(1)—

(a)

tunnel boring (including associated spoil movement within the Order limits, segment installation and slurry batching);

(b)

filling, testing, dewatering and drying;

(c)

dewatering activities; and

(d)

commissioning of Work No 1 and isolation of the existing gas pipeline.

(4)

Nothing in Requirement 11(1) above precludes—

(a)

start-up and shut-down activities up to an hour either side of core working hours; and

(b)

maintenance at any time of plant and machinery engaged in the construction of the authorised project.

(5)

In this Requirement “emergency” means a situation where, if the relevant action is not taken, there will be adverse health, safety, security or environmental consequences that in the reasonable opinion of the undertaker would outweigh the adverse effects to the public (whether individuals, classes or generally as the case may be) of taking that action.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Sch. 3 para. 11 in force at 15.9.2016, see art. 1