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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2016/987/article/9</dc:identifier><dc:title>The Brechfa Forest Wind Farm Connection Order 2016</dc:title><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:subject scheme="SIheading">INFRASTRUCTURE PLANNING</dc:subject><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2025-09-04</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2017-03-10</dct:valid>
					<dc:description>This Order authorises Western Power Distribution (South Wales) Plc (referred to in this Order as the undertaker) to construct and maintain a 132kV above ground electric line approximately 28.6km long in Carmarthenshire, Wales. The electric line runs from a new substation serving the Brechfa Forest West Wind Farm to the existing Swansea 132kV above ground electric line and includes a section of approximately 3.56km of undergrounding. The Order permits the undertaker to acquire, compulsorily or by agreement, rights in land and to use land for this purpose. A copy of the plans and book of reference referred to in this Order and certified in accordance with article 33 (certification of plans) of this Order may be inspected free of charge at Carmarthenshire County Borough Council of County Hall, Carmarthen SA31 1JP.</dc:description>
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<Pnumber><CommentaryRef Ref="key-2e7a526422d7a8db509b2f0e89638923"/>9</Pnumber>
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<Pnumber>1</Pnumber>
<P2para><Text>The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter upon so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 6 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—</Text>
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<Pnumber>a</Pnumber>
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<Text>break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;</Text>
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<Pnumber>b</Pnumber>
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<Text>tunnel or bore under the street;</Text>
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<Pnumber>c</Pnumber>
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<Text>place apparatus in or over the street;</Text>
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<Pnumber>d</Pnumber>
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<Text>maintain apparatus in or over the street or change its position;</Text>
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<Pnumber>e</Pnumber>
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<Text>place and keep during the construction and installation of the authorised development scaffolding above the street or on any verge to a street;</Text>
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<Pnumber>f</Pnumber>
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<Text>strengthen, improve, repair or reconstruct any street;</Text>
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<Pnumber>g</Pnumber>
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<Text>remove or use all earth and materials in or under any street; and</Text>
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<Pnumber>h</Pnumber>
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<Text>execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d), (e), (f) and (g).</Text>
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<Pnumber>2</Pnumber>
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<Text>The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the <Abbreviation Expansion="New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 c. 22">1991 Act</Abbreviation>.</Text>
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<Pnumber>3</Pnumber>
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<Text>The powers conferred in paragraphs (1) and (2) are without prejudice to the powers of the undertaker under the <Abbreviation Expansion="Electricity Act 1989 c. 29">1989 Act</Abbreviation>.</Text>
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<Pnumber>4</Pnumber>
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<Text>In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act.</Text>
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