{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-5.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2007/1520",
  "legislation_title": "The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/road-tunnel-safety-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/5",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Duties of administrative authority",
  "text": "(1) The administrative authority shall ensure that a road tunnel for which it is the administrative authority is subject to the commissioning procedure before it is opened to traffic—\n(a) for the first time; or\n(b) after any modification has been carried out in relation to it.\n(2) The administrative authority in relation to a road tunnel for which it is the administrative authority shall—\n(a) ensure that the tests and inspections required by regulation 13 are carried out;\n(b) following an inspection pursuant to regulation 13, draw up such additional safety requirements it considers appropriate;\n(c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(d) ensure the procedure for that tunnel’s immediate closure in the event of an emergency is established; and\n(e) ensure the risk reduction measures permitted pursuant to regulation 17 are implemented within the timetable specified pursuant to that regulation.\n(3) The administrative authority shall ensure that such operational and organisational schemes (including emergency response plans) are drawn up as are necessary for the training and equipping of the emergency services in the event of an emergency in relation to a road tunnel for which it is the administrative authority, and it shall ensure that—\n(a) the schemes are in writing;\n(b) a copy of the schemes is held as part of the safety documentation;\n(c) the schemes are sent to the relevant emergency services; and\n(d) the schemes are updated from time to time.\n(4) If the administrative authority finds that a road tunnel for which it is the administrative authority is not in compliance with the provisions of these Regulations, it shall—\n(a) notify the Tunnel Manager and the Safety Officer of the measures to increase tunnel safety that must be adopted; and\n(b) define the conditions for, where appropriate, continuing to operate that tunnel or re-opening that tunnel.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Reg. 5(2)(c) omitted (20.2.2009) by virtue of The Road Tunnel Safety (Amendment) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/64), regs. 1, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 5 in force at 22.6.2007, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2007/1520/regulation/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:52:05.201550+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}