New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

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Changes over time for: Section 105

Version Superseded: 23/06/2015

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2015. This version of this provision has been superseded.

Changes to legislation:

New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Section 105 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 02 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations.

105 Minor definitions.E+W

(1)In this Part—

“apparatus” includes any structure for the lodging therein of apparatus or for gaining access to apparatus;
“carriageway” and “footway” have the same meaning as in the M1Highways Act 1980;
“enactment” includes an enactment contained in subordinate legislation within the meaning of the M2Interpretation Act 1978;
“in”, in a context referring to works, apparatus or other property in a street or other place includes a reference to works, apparatus or other property under, over, across, along or upon it;
“railway” includes a light railway other than one in the nature of a tramway (see the definition of “tramway” below);
“reinstatement” includes making good;
“special enactment” means an enactment which is not a public general enactment, and includes—
(a)
any Act for confirming a provisional order,
(b)
any provision of a public general Act in relation to the passing of which any of the Standing Orders of the House of Lords or the House of Commons relating to Private Business applied, and
(c)
any enactment to the extent that it is incorporated or applied for the purposes of a special enactment;
“statutory right” means a right (whether expressed as a right, a power or otherwise) conferred by an enactment (whenever passed or made), other than a right exercisable by virtue of a street works licence;
“traffic” includes pedestrians and animals;
“traffic authority” and “traffic sign” have the same meaning as in the M3Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984;
“tramway” means a system, mainly or exclusively for the carriage of passengers, using vehicles guided, or powered by energy transmitted, by rails or other fixed apparatus installed exclusively or mainly in a street.

(2)A right to execute works which extends both to a street and to other land is included in references in this Part to a right to execute works in a street in so far as it extends to the street.

(3)A right to execute works which extends to part of the street but not the whole is included in references in this Part to a right to execute works in a street; and in relation to such a right references in this Part to the street in which it is exercisable shall be construed as references to the part to which the right extends.

(4)For the purposes of this Part apparatus shall be regarded as affected by works if the effect of the works is to prevent or restrict access to the apparatus (for example, by laying other apparatus above or adjacent to it).

(5)Section 28 of the M4Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 (power to define “disability” and other expressions) applies in relation to the provisions of this Part as to the provisions of that Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (9.4.2013) by The Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/648), arts. 1, 9 (with arts. 48, 68, 79)

C2Pt. 3 restricted (6.8.2014) by The Rampion Offshore Wind Farm Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/1873), art. 1, Sch. 12 Pt. 2 para. 3 (with arts. 12, 13, Sch. 12 Pt. 1 paras. 6(3), 19, Pt. 2 paras. 3, 6, 13, Pt. 3 para. 5, Pt. 4 para. 4, Pt. 5 para. 4)