PART 3STREETS

Application of the 1991 Act12

1

Works executed under this Order in relation to a highway, which consists of or includes a carriageway, are to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 of the 1991 Act as major highway works if—

a

they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a), (c) to (e), (g) and (h) of section 86(3) (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works) of that Act; or

b

they are works which, had they been executed by the local highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 6432 (dual carriageways and roundabouts) of the 1980 Act or section 18433 (vehicle crossings over footways and verges) of that Act.

2

In Part 3 of the 1991 Act, in relation to works which are major highway works by virtue of paragraph (1), references to the highway authority concerned are to be construed as references to the undertaker.

3

The following provisions of the 1991 Act do not apply in relation to any works executed under the powers of this Order—

a

section 5634 (power to give directions as to timing of street works);

b

section 56A35 (power to give directions as to placing of apparatus);

c

section 5836 (restriction on works following substantial road works);

d

section 58A37 (restriction on works following substantial street works);

e

section 73A38 (power to require undertaker to re-surface street);

f

section 73B39 (power to specify timing etc. of re-surfacing);

g

section 73C40 (materials, workmanship and standard of re-surfacing);

h

section 78A41 (constructions to costs of re-surfacing by undertaker); and

i

schedule 3A42 (restriction on works following substantial street works).

4

The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (5) (which, together with other provisions of that Act, apply in relation to the execution of street works) and any regulations made, or code of practice issued or approved, under those provisions apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street of a temporary nature by the undertaker under the powers conferred by article 15 (temporary stopping up and restriction of use of streets) whether or not the stopping up, alteration or diversion constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.

5

The provisions of the 1991 Act43 referred to in paragraph (4) are—

a

section 5444 (advance notice of certain works), subject to paragraph (6);

b

section 5545 (notice of starting date of works), subject to paragraph (6);

c

section 5746 (notice of emergency works);

d

section 5947 (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);

e

section 6048 (general duty of undertakers to co-operate);

f

section 6849 (facilities to be afforded to street authority);

g

section 6950 (works likely to affect other apparatus in the street);

h

section 75 (inspection fees);

i

section 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation); and

j

section 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route),

and all such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.

6

Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (4) have effect as if references in section 57 of that Act to emergency works were a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.

7

Nothing in article 13 (construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets and other structures)—

a

affects the operation of section 87 (prospectively maintainable highways) of the 1991 Act;

b

means that the undertaker is by reason of any duty under that article to maintain a street to be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act; or

c

has effect in relation to maintenance works which are street works within the meaning of the 1991 Act, as respects which the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act apply.