The Street Works (Register, Notices, Directions and Designations) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2002

Designation of streets with special engineering difficulties

12.—(1) The criteria for designating a street as having special engineering difficulties pursuant to Article 23 are—

(a) in the case of a street, that there is a specific engineering feature identified as fundamental to the structure and integrity of the street as a whole requiring special measures to be taken in the planning and execution of street works in order to avoid serious failure of the street as a whole; or

(b) in the case of an engineering structure associated with a street, that its fundamental integrity and safety is dependent upon special measures being taken in the planning and execution of street works in the relevant part of the street in order to avoid serious failure of the structure concerned.

(2) The procedure for making or withdrawing such a designation is specified in Schedule 1.

(3) The information to be made available by the street authority in respect of each street for the time being designated by them under Article 23 of the Order shall include the date of designation, particulars of the street in sufficient detail to enable it to be identified, the features which justify the designation and particulars of the authority or undertaker with an interest in the street.