18Duty of road works authority and undertakers to provide Commissioner with informationS
(1)A road works authority or an undertaker shall, on being required to do so by the Commissioner, provide the Commissioner with such information relevant to their respective functions and activities as the Commissioner reasonably asks for for the purposes of the performance of the Commissioner's functions.
(2)For the purposes of subsection (1) above, information is relevant to functions or activities if it is information which the authority or undertaker possesses or can reasonably be expected to acquire.
(3)Where—
(a)a road works authority or an undertaker; and
(b)the Commissioner,
do not agree as to whether information asked for by the Commissioner in pursuance of subsection (1) above is reasonably asked for, the matter shall be settled in such manner as may be prescribed by the Scottish Ministers by regulations.
(4)Where regulations under subsection (3) above prescribe that a matter is to be settled by arbitration, section 158 of the 1991 Act shall apply in relation to that matter as that section applies in relation to a matter which, under Part 4 of that Act, is to be so settled.
Commencement Information
I1S. 18 in force at 1.4.2008 by S.S.I. 2008/15, art. 2(2), Sch. 1