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                        , not being shorter than such period as may be prescribed,
                      ”</InlineAmendment>; and</Text></P3para></P3><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/12/section/29/1/b" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/12/section/29/1/b" id="section-29-1-b"><Pnumber>b</Pnumber><P3para><Text>after that subsection there is inserted—</Text><BlockAmendment TargetClass="primary" TargetSubClass="unknown" Context="main" Format="default"><P2><Pnumber>3A</Pnumber><P2para><Text>Different minimum periods may be prescribed under subsection (3) for different descriptions of remedial works; and cases may be so prescribed in which no minimum period applies.</Text></P2para></P2></BlockAmendment><AppendText>.</AppendText></P3para></P3></P2para></P2><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/12/section/29/2" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/12/section/29/2" id="section-29-2"><Pnumber>2</Pnumber><P2para><Text>In section 149 of the 1991 Act (which, among other things, enables the authorities responsible for sewers, drains and tunnels to require their reinstatement)—</Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/12/section/29/2/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/asp/2005/12/section/29/2/a" id="section-29-2-a"><Pnumber>a</Pnumber><P3para><Text>in subsection (2), for  “of not less than 7 working days” there is substituted <InlineAmendment>“
                        , not being shorter than such period as may be prescribed,
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