8.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 4 (streets subject to street works) and may—
(a)break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;
(b)drill, tunnel or bore under the street;
(c)place and keep apparatus under the street;
(d)maintain apparatus under the street, change its position or remove it;
(e)repair, replace or otherwise alter the surface or structure of the street or any culvert under the street; and
(f)execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (e).
(2) The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right or licence for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.
(3) Where the undertaker is not the street authority, the provisions of sections 54 (notice of certain works) to 106 (index of defined expressions) of the 1991 Act apply to any street works carried out until paragraph (1).
Commencement Information
I1Art. 8 in force at 18.7.2023, see art. 1