Street works
9.—(1) The undertaker may, for the purposes of constructing and maintaining the authorised development, enter upon any street subject to works shown on the works plans and may—
(a)break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel within or under it;
(b)tunnel or bore under the street;
(c)remove or use all earth and materials in or under the street;
(d)place and keep apparatus in the street;
(e)maintain apparatus in the street or change its position; and
(f)execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (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) The powers conferred in paragraphs (1) and (2) are without prejudice to the powers of the undertaker under the Electricity Act 1989(1).
(4) In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 of the 1991 Act.