PART 3 STREETS

9 Street works
1 The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 4 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order land and may—
(a) break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;
(b) drill, tunnel or bore under the street;
(c) place and keep apparatus in the street;
(d) maintain apparatus in the street or change its position or remove it;
(e) carry out all necessary works required for the execution of the works required under article 8 (power to alter layout etc. of streets) including removal and relocation or reinstatement of drainage, fence lines and signage and pruning or removal of vegetation to improve visibility; and
(f) execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).
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 Where the undertaker is not the street authority, the provisions of sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).