PART 3STREETS

Street works9

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).