New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22)

Part IV U.K. Road works in Scotland

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pt. 4 (ss. 107-165) modified (1.1.1993) by Pipelines Act 1962 (c. 58), s. 16(1) (as substituted (1.1.1993) by New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22), s. 168(1), Sch. 8 Pt. IV para. 101(3); S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch.2)

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)

C4 Pt. 4 modified (8.5.2007) by Airdrie Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), s. 13 (with ss. 48, 59)

C5 Pt. 4 excluded (1.6.2010) by The Network Rail (Waverley Steps) Order 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/188), arts. 1, 38(6)

Apparatus affected by road, bridge or transport works S

142 Works for road purposes likely to affect apparatus in the road. S

(1) This section applies to works for road purposes other than major works for road purposes (as to which see section 143 below).

(2) Where works to which this section applies are likely to affect apparatus in the road, the authority executing the works shall take all reasonably practicable steps—

(a) to give the person to whom the apparatus belongs reasonable facilities for monitoring the execution of the works, and

(b) to comply with any requirement made by him which is reasonably necessary for the protection of the apparatus or for securing access to it.

(3) An authority who fail to comply with subsection (2) commit an offence in respect of each failure and are liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding [F1 level 4] on the standard scale.

(4) In proceedings against an authority for such an offence it is a defence for them to show that the failure was attributable—

(a) to their not knowing the position, or not knowing of the existence, of a person’s apparatus, or

(b) to their not knowing the identity or address of the person to whom any apparatus belongs,

and that their ignorance was not due to any negligence on their part or to any failure to make inquiries which they ought reasonably to have made.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 142(3) substituted (1.4.2008) by Transport (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 12), s. 54(2), sch. 3; S.S.I. 2008/15, art. 2(2), sch. 1

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C6 S. 142 applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. xii, s. 1, Sch. para. 11

C7 Ss. 142-144 modified (18.3.2011) by Forth Crossing Act 2011 (asp 2), ss. 58, 80(2) (with ss. 69, 78); S.S.I. 2011/38, art. 2, sch.