66Compliance with Code of Construction Practice and Noise and Vibration Policy
(1)The authorised undertaker shall employ all reasonably practicable means to ensure that—
(a)the authorised works are carried out in accordance with the code of practice as may from time to time be amended or superseded and any relevant local construction plan; and
(b)the policy as may from time to time be amended or superseded is applied to the use and operation of the authorised works and in particular any scheme made under section 63 of this Act is drawn up in accordance with the policy.
(2)Neither the code of practice nor the policy shall be amended or superseded so as to reduce the standards of mitigation and protection contained in them.
(3)In this section—
“code of practice” means the Code of Construction Practice dated 17 May 2005;
“local construction plan” means a local construction plan intended to define, and from time to time redefine, the authorised undertaker’s policy in relation to construction practice to be adopted in the carrying out of the authorised works within an area specified in that plan;
“policy” means the Noise and Vibration Policy dated November 2005.