Prospective
[F1Completion of notified worksN.I.
F1Sch. 1A inserted (prosp.) by Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order 2007 (S.I. 2007/287 (N.I. 1)), arts. 1(3), 10(2), Sch. 1
3.—(1) After the expiry of the notice period the street authority may issue directions to—N.I.
(a)the undertaker proposing to execute the substantial street works,
(b)any undertakers who have given notice under paragraph 2 in respect of works they propose to execute, and
(c)any undertakers who have previously given notice of works they propose to execute in the part of the road specified under paragraph 2(1)(c).
(2) A direction to an undertaker under this paragraph is a direction as to the date on which he may begin to execute the works proposed by him.
(3) Where—
(a)a direction is given to an undertaker under this paragraph as respects the date on which he may begin to execute the works proposed by him, and
(b)he begins to execute those works before that date,
he is guilty of an offence.
(4) After the expiry of the notice period, any undertaker who, before completion of the works referred to in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to (c), executes any other street works in the part of the road specified under paragraph 2(1)(c), commits an offence.
(5) Sub-paragraph (4) does not apply—
(a)where an undertaker executes emergency works; or
(b)in such other cases as may be prescribed.
(6) A person guilty of an offence under this paragraph is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 5 on the standard scale.]