# Street Works (Records) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2004, Regulation 5: Exceptions

Extent: N.I.

The duty in Article 39(1) of the Order to keep a record of the location of every item of apparatus shall not apply –
(a) where compliance would lead to the disclosure of the following types of restricted information:
(i) information certified by or with the authority of the Secretary of State as being restricted information in the interest of national security;
(ii) information certified by or with the authorisation of an undertaker as being restricted information in accordance with the commercial interests of the undertaker;
(b) to any apparatus placed by an undertaker in the street within its existing apparatus where the location of the existing apparatus has already been recorded in a form prescribed by regulation 3;
(c) to any apparatus placed in the street prior to the date on which these Regulations came into operation;
(d) to any apparatus belonging to an undertaker which is discovered by him in the street during the course of emergency works or urgent works carried out by him;
(e) to any apparatus not installed underground; and
(f) to service pipes and service lines.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2004/276/regulation/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/street-works-records-regulations-northern-ireland-2004/regulation-5
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