{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-45H",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-northern-ireland-order-1995/article-45H.json",
  "legislation": "nisi/1995/3210",
  "legislation_title": "The Street Works (Northern Ireland) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-northern-ireland-order-1995",
  "path": "article/45H",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "45H",
  "heading": "Arrangements for third party to exercise functions",
  "text": "(1) The Secretary of State may make arrangements for a prescribed person to exercise a relevant function of the Secretary of State.\n(2) More than one person may be prescribed.\n(3) Arrangements under this Article may—\n(a) provide for the Secretary of State to make payments to the person, and\n(b) make provision as to the circumstances in which such payments are to be repaid to the Secretary of State.\n(4) In the case of the exercise of a function by a person authorised by arrangements under this Article to exercise that function, a reference in a NUAR provision or in regulations under a NUAR provision to the Secretary of State in connection with that function is to be read as a reference to that person.\n(5) Arrangements under this Article do not prevent the Secretary of State from exercising a function to which the arrangements relate.\n(6) Except as otherwise prescribed and subject to Article 45I, the disclosure of information between the Secretary of State and a person in connection with the person’s entering into arrangements under this Article or exercise of functions to which such arrangements relate does not breach—\n(a) an obligation of confidence owed by the person making the disclosure, or\n(b) any other restriction on the disclosure of information (however imposed).\n(7) In this Article “relevant function” means a function of the Secretary of State conferred by or under a NUAR provision (including the function of charging or recovering fees under regulations under Article 45E) other than—\n(a) a power to make regulations, or\n(b) a function under Article 45E(4) (specifying of fees etc).\n(8) If a person exercises the function of charging or recovering fees by virtue of arrangements under this Article, the person must pay the fees to the Secretary of State, except to the extent that the Secretary of State directs otherwise.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Arts. 45A-45I and cross-heading inserted (19.6.2025 for specified purposes) by Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (c. 18), ss. 58(3), 142(1)(2)(h) (with s. 60(2))"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/3210/article/45H",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T04:42:54.640888+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."
}