The Midland Metro (Wolverhampton City Centre Extension) Order 2016

Application of the 1991 Act

5.—(1) Works executed under this Order in relation to a highway which consists of or includes a carriageway are to be treated for the purposes of Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act as major transport works if—

(a) they are of a description mentioned in any of paragraphs (a), (c) to (e), (g) and (h) of section 86(3) (which defines what highway authority works are major highway works) of that Act; or

(b) they are works which, had they been executed by the highway authority, might have been carried out in exercise of the powers conferred by section 64(1) (dual carriageways and roundabouts) of the 1980 Act or section 184 (vehicle crossings) of that Act.

(2) In Part 3 of the 1991 Act, references, in relation to major highway works to the highway authority concerned are, in relation to works which are major highway works by virtue of paragraph (1), to be construed as references to the Authority.

(3) The provisions of the 1991 Act mentioned in paragraph (4) (which, together with other provisions of that Act, apply in relation to the execution of street works) and any regulations made, or code of practice issued or approved under those provisions, apply (with the necessary modifications) in relation to any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street of a temporary nature by the Authority under the powers conferred by article 12 (temporary stopping up of streets) whether or not the stopping up, alteration or diversion constitutes street works within the meaning of that Act.

(4) The provisions of the 1991 Act(2) referred to in paragraph (3) are—

• section 54(3) (advance notice of certain works), subject to paragraph (5);

• section 55(4) (notice of starting date of works), subject to paragraph (5);

• section 57(5) (notice of emergency works);

• section 59(6) (general duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);

• section 60 (general duty of undertakers to co-operate);

• section 68 (facilities to be afforded to street authority);

• section 69 (works likely to affect other apparatus in the street);

• section 76 (liability for cost of temporary traffic regulation); and

• section 77 (liability for cost of use of alternative route),

and all such other provisions as apply for the purposes of the provisions mentioned above.

(5) Sections 54 and 55 of the 1991 Act as applied by paragraph (3) have effect as if references in section 57 of that Act to emergency works were a reference to a stopping up, alteration or diversion (as the case may be) required in a case of emergency.

(6) Nothing in article 14 (construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted highways)—

(a) affects the operation of section 87 (prospectively maintainable highways) of the 1991 Act, and the Authority is not by reason of any duty under that article to maintain a street to be taken to be the street authority in relation to that street for the purposes of Part 3 of that Act; or

(b) has effect in relation to street works as respects which the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act apply.

(1)

As amended by section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and section 168(2) of, and Schedule 9 to, the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22).

(2)

Sections 54, 55, 57, 60, 68 and 69 were amended by section 40(1) and (2) of, and Schedule 1 to, the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c. 18).

(3)

As amended by section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985 (c. 51) and Schedule 9 to the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22).

(4)

As also amended by section 49(2) and 51(9) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

(5)

As also amended by section 52(3) of the Traffic Management Act 2004.

(6)

As amended by section 42 of the Traffic Management Act 2004.