Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 4 (ss. 107-165) modified (1.1.1993) by Pipelines Act 1962 (c. 58), s. 16(1) (as substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 Pt. IV para. 101(3); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch.2)
C2Pt. 4 modified (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), s. 7 (with s. 50)
C3Pt. 4 modified (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), s. 12 (with ss. 52, 60)
C4Pt. 4 modified (8.5.2007) by Airdrie Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), s. 13 (with ss. 48, 59)
C5Pt. 4 excluded (1.6.2010) by The Network Rail (Waverley Steps) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/188), arts. 1, 38(6)
C6Pt. 4 modified (11.4.2017) by The Network Rail (Glasgow Queen Street Station) Order 2017 (S.S.I. 2017/100), arts. 1, 8 (with art. 37)
Prospective
(1)A person executing works of any description in the road who finds apparatus belonging to an undertaker which is not marked, or is wrongly marked, on the records made available by the undertaker, shall take such steps as are reasonably practicable to inform the undertaker to whom the apparatus belongs of its location and (so far as appears from external inspection) its nature and whether it is in use.
(2)Where a person executing works of any description in the road finds apparatus which does not belong to him and is unable, after taking such steps as are reasonably practicable, to ascertain to whom the apparatus belongs, he shall—
(a)if he is an undertaker, note on the records kept by him under section 138(1) (in such manner as may be prescribed) the location of the apparatus he has found and its general description; and
(b)in any other case, inform the road works authority of the location and general description of the apparatus he has found.
(3)Subsections (1) and (2) have effect subject to such exceptions as may be prescribed.
(4)A person who fails to comply with subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1level 4] on the standard scale.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 139(4) substituted (1.4.2008) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), s. 54(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2008/15, art. 2(2), sch. 1