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(1)[F1No person shall construct works to which this section applies under any part of a street without the consent of the appropriate authority, and the authority may by notice served on a person who has constructed such works in contravention of this section require him to remove them, or to alter or deal with them in such a manner as may be specified in the notice.]
For the purposes of this section the appropriate authority is—
(i)in relation to a street outside Greater London which is a highway, the highway authority for the street; and
(ii)in relation to any other street, the local authority in whose area the street is situated.
(2)A person aggrieved by the refusal of a consent, or by a requirement of a notice, under subsection (1) above may appeal to a magistrates’ court.
(3)A person who constructs [F2works to which this section applies] in contravention of this section is guilty of an offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding [F3level 1 on the standard scale]; and, subject to any order made on appeal, if he fails to comply with a requirement of a notice served on him under subsection (1) above he is guilty of a further offence and is liable to a fine not exceeding £2 for each day during which the failure continues.
(4)The appropriate authority may also cause [F4works to which this section applies] constructed in contravention of this section to be removed, altered or otherwise dealt with as they think fit, and may recover the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing from the offender.
[F5(5)As soon as may be after an authority consent to the construction of works to which this section applies under a street they shall give notice of their consent to any public utility undertakers having any apparatus under the street.
(6)Subject to subsection (7) below, the works to which this section applies are—
(a)any part of a building; and
(b)without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (a) above, a vault, arch or cellar, whether forming part of a building or not.
(7)This section does not apply to [F6street works within the meaning of Part III of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991].]
Textual Amendments
F1Paragraph substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 22(1)
F2Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 22(2)
F3Words substituted by virtue of Criminal Justice Act 1982 (c. 48, SIF 39:1), s. 46
F4Words substituted by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 22(2)
F5S. 179(5)–(7) substituted for subsection (5) by Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30, SIF 81:1), s. 22(3)
F6Words in s. 179(7) substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22, SIF 59, 108), s. 168(1), Sch. 8, Part I, para.7 (with s. 25(2)); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 179: functions of local authority not to be responsibility of an executive of the authority (E.) (16.11.2000) by virtue of S.I. 2000/2853, reg. 2(1), Sch. 1
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