New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

5 (1) Where the licensee under a street works licence proposes— E+W

(a) to cease using or abandon the apparatus, or

(b) to part with his interest in the apparatus,

he shall give the street authority at least six weeks’ notice before doing so.

(2) Where the licensee under a street works licence granted to the owner of land and his successors in title proposes to part with his interest in the land, he shall before doing so give notice to the street authority stating to whom the benefit of the licence is to be transferred.

(3) A person who fails to comply with an obligation under this paragraph commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1 level 4] on the standard scale.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in Sch. 3 para. 5(3) substituted (4.10.2004 for E., 26.11.2007 for W.) by Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18), ss. 40(1)(2), 99(1), Sch. 1; S.I. 2004/2380, art. 2(d)(i) (with art. 3); S.I. 2007/3174, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)