Paragraph 6 Provisional certificate and defects period

As soon as each phase has been completed and a Stage 3 Road Safety Audit for that phase has been carried out and any resulting recommendations complied with to the satisfaction of the local highway authority, the local highway authority must immediately issue a provisional certificate of completion in respect of that phase, such certificate not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed.

The undertaker must at its own expense remedy any defects in that phase identified by the local highway authority to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably during the defects period in respect of that phase.

The undertaker must submit Stage 4(a) (12 months after completion of each phase) and Stage 4(b) (36 months after completion of each phase) Road Safety Audits as required by and in line with the timescales stipulated in the Road Safety Audit Standard. The undertaker must at its own expense comply with the findings of the Stage 4(a) and 4(b) Road Safety Audits to the satisfaction of the local highway authority acting reasonably.

The local highway authority must approve the audit brief and CVs for all Road Safety Audits and exceptions to items raised if appropriate in accordance with the Road Safety Audit Standard.