Article 8 Street worksI1

England, Wales and Scotland

(1)

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

(a)

break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;

(b)

tunnel or bore under the street;

(c)

place apparatus under the street;

(d)

maintain apparatus under the street or change its position; and

(e)

execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).

(2)

The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.

(3)

Sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act^f1 apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).

(4)

In this article, “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act^f2 (street works in England and Wales).

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Art. 8 in force at 27.9.2016, see art. 1(2)

Footnotes

f1: A number of these provisions have been amended, including by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18).
f2: “Apparatus” is defined in section 105(1).