1(1)Subject to the following provisions of this Schedule, a public gas supplier may execute the following kinds of works, that is to say, placing in or under any street or bridge and from time to time repairing, altering or removing—
(a)pipes, conduits, service pipes, cables, sewers and other works; and
(b)pressure governors, ventilators and other apparatus.
(2)Subject as aforesaid, a public gas supplier may execute any works requisite for or incidental to the purposes of any works falling within sub-paragraph (1) above, including for those purposes—
(a)opening or breaking up any street or bridge or any sewers, drains or tunnels within or under any street or bridge; and
(b)removing or using all earth and materials in or under any street or bridge.
(3)A public gas supplier shall do as little damage as possible in the exercise of the powers conferred by this paragraph and shall make compensation for any damage done in the exercise of those powers.