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The Road Tunnel Safety Regulations 2007
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- 2007 No. 1520
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- Regulation 15
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15.—(1) This regulation only applies to road tunnels that were open to public traffic prior to 30th April 2006.
(2) The administrative authority shall ensure that the road tunnel has been assessed by means of an inspection, in order to ascertain whether the requirements of these Regulations have been met.
(3) Where necessary, the Tunnel Manager for a road tunnel shall ensure that proposals have been put to the administrative authority for a plan for adapting the road tunnel to the provisions of these Regulations, including the remedial measures so required.
(4) The administrative authority shall—
(a)approve the plan and remedial measures proposed under paragraph (3) or request changes to the plan and remedial measures proposed under paragraph (3), and then if satisfied with those changes approve the plan and measures; and
(b)ensure that the approved plan or remedial measures are followed and any works required by the plan or remedial measures are completed by 30th April 2014.
(5) If the remedial measures approved by the administrative authority under paragraph (4) result in modification to the construction or operation of the road tunnel, the administrative authority shall ensure that once the measures have been adopted the commissioning procedure and the requirements of paragraph 4 of Annex II have been followed.
(6) The administrative authority shall by 20th July 2007 provide the Secretary of State with a report in respect of the road tunnel that provides information on—
(a)how the requirements of these Regulations will be met;
(b)the measures and plans approved under paragraph (4); and
(c)the consequences (if any) of opening or closing the main access roads to that tunnel.
(7) The administrative authority shall provide the Secretary of State with a plan, including a timetable, for the gradual compliance of the road tunnel to the requirements of these Regulations as soon as practicable, and report on the state of the plan and any changes to it by 1st October 2006 and by 1st October in every second year thereafter until 2014.
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