Regulation 8 New undertakers: reckonable unit estimates

Where an undertaker has not previously executed any street works^f1 in streets for which the authority making the inspections is the street authority (a “new undertaker”), the number of reckonable units of inspection for each of the first three years is the estimated number of units of inspection for the undertaker for that year.

For the purposes of making the estimate referred to in paragraph (1), a new undertaker must, prior to carrying out any works in streets for which the authority making the inspections is the street authority, provide the street authority with an estimate of the number of units of inspection they expect to generate in that year.

Where a new undertaker fails to provide the street authority with an estimate referred to in paragraph (2), the street authority may carry out as many inspections as it considers reasonably appropriate and may charge a fee of £50.00 for each such inspection, until such time as the undertaker provides the street authority with an estimate, at which point paragraph (4) applies.

Once the new undertaker referred to in paragraph (3) has provided an estimate to the street authority, the provisions of paragraph (1) apply, and the first three years referred to in paragraph (1) are deemed to commence on the date on which the estimate is received by the street authority.