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New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

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New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Section 53 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 26 February 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

53 The street works register.E+W

(1)A street authority shall keep a register showing with respect to each street for which they are responsible such information as may be prescribed with respect to the street works, and such other descriptions of works as may be prescribed, executed or proposed to be executed in the street.

(2)The register shall contain such other information, and shall be kept in such form and manner, as may be prescribed.

(3)The authority shall make the register available for inspection, at all reasonable hours and free of charge—

(a)so far as it relates to restricted information, by any person having authority to execute works of any description in the street, or otherwise appearing to the authority to have a sufficient interest, and

(b)so far as it relates to information which is not restricted, by any person.

The Secretary of State may make provision by regulations as to the information which is restricted for the purposes of this subsection.

(4)The Secretary of State may make arrangements for the duties of street authorities under this section to be discharged by means of one or more central registers kept by a person appointed in pursuance of the arrangements.

[F1(4A)In subsection (4) “central register” means a register covering the areas of two or more street authorities.]

(5)If such arrangements are made the Secretary of State may require street authorities to participate in and make contributions towards the cost of the arrangements.

[F2(5A)In particular the Secretary of State may require a street authority to share information in their possession with a person appointed to keep a central register which discharges the duties of that authority under this section.]

(6)The Secretary of State may by regulations make provision with respect to any register kept in pursuance of this section—

(a)requiring the registration of such information as may be prescribed, and

(b)requiring the payment of such fee as may be prescribed in respect of the registration of information of any prescribed description;

and the regulations may contain provision as to the person responsible for securing the registration of the information and the person liable to pay the fee.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C3S. 53: functions of a local authority made exercisable by, or by employees of, such person as may be authorised in that behalf by the local highway authority whose function it is (23.7.1999) by S.I. 1999/2106, art. 2, Sch. 2 para. 1(a)

Commencement Information

I1S. 53 wholly in force: s. 53(1)-(3) in force at 28.11.1992 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(1), Sch. 1; s. 53(4)-(6) in force at 14.7.1992 by S.I. 1992/1686, art. 3, Sch.

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