{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1A/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-northern-ireland-order-1995/schedule-1A/paragraph-5.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": "schedule/1A/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where a direction under paragraph 4 is in force, an undertaker may not during the period specified in the direction execute street works in the part of the road to which the restriction relates.\n(2) Sub-paragraph (1) does not apply—\n(a) where an undertaker executes emergency works;\n(b) where an undertaker executes works with the consent of the street authority; or\n(c) in such other cases as may be prescribed.\n(3) The consent of the street authority under sub-paragraph (2)(b) shall not be unreasonably withheld; and any question whether the withholding of consent is unreasonable shall be settled in such manner as may be prescribed.\n(4) Regulations under sub-paragraph (3) may in particular make provision for the question referred to in that sub-paragraph to be settled—\n(a) by arbitration;\n(b) by the planning appeals commission on appeal by the undertaker.\n(5) An undertaker who contravenes sub-paragraph (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.\n(6) An undertaker convicted of an offence under sub-paragraph (5) is liable to reimburse the street authority any costs reasonably incurred by it in reinstating the road.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1A inserted (prosp.) by Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/287 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(3), 10(2), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1995/3210/schedule/1A/paragraph/5",
    "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."
}