106E+WIn section 15 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976 (power of local authorities to survey land), for subsection (4) substitute—
“(4)Where it is proposed to search or bore in pursuance of this section in a street within the meaning of Part III of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991—
(a)section 55 of that Act (notice of starting date of works), so far as it requires notice to be given to a person having apparatus in the street which is likely to be affected by the works,
(b)section 69 of that Act (requirements to be complied with where works likely to affect another person’s apparatus in the street), and
(c)section 82 of that Act (liability for damage or loss caused),
have effect in relation to the searching or boring as if they were street works within the meaning of that Part.”.