C1C2C3C4Part IV Road works in Scotland

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2

Pt. 4 modified (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), s. 7 (with s. 50)

C3

Pt. 4 modified (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), s. 12 (with ss. 52, 60)

Notice and co-ordination of works

I1119 General duty of undertakers to co-operate.

1

An undertaker shall as regards the execution of road works use his best endeavours to co-operate with the road works authority and with other undertakers—

a

in the interests of safety,

b

to minimise the inconvenience to persons using the road (having regard, in particular, to the needs of people with a disability), and

c

to protect the structure of the road and the integrity of apparatus in it.

2

The Secretary of State shall issue or approve for the purposes of this section codes of practice giving practical guidance as to the matters mentioned in subsection (1); and—

a

so far as an undertaker complies with such a code of practice he shall be taken to comply with his duty under that subsection, and

b

a failure in any respect to comply with any such code is evidence of failure in that respect to comply with that duty.

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