PART 3

Streets

Street works
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1
The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 3 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—
a
break up or open the street or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;
b
tunnel or bore under the street;
c
remove or use all earth and materials in on or under the street;
d
place and keep apparatus under the street;
e
maintain apparatus under the street or change its position; 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 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
In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act.
Art. 8 in force at 9.5.2024, see art. 1