Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. 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)
C2Pt. 4 modified (15.1.2007) by Glasgow Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 1), s. 7 (with s. 50)
C3Pt. 4 modified (19.4.2007) by Edinburgh Airport Rail Link Act 2007 (asp 16), s. 12 (with ss. 52, 60)
C4Pt. 4 modified (8.5.2007) by Airdrie Bathgate Railway and Linked Improvements Act 2007 (asp 19), s. 13 (with ss. 48, 59)
(1)Where an undertaker’s apparatus in a road is or may be affected by major works for roads purposes, major bridge works or major transport works, the roads, bridge or transport authority concerned and the undertaker shall take such steps as are reasonably required—
(a)to identify any measures needing to be taken in relation to the apparatus in consequence of, or in order to facilitate, the execution of the authority’s works,
(b)to settle a specification of the necessary measures and determine by whom they are to be taken, and
(c)to co-ordinate the taking of those measures and the execution of the authority’s works,
so as to secure the efficient implementation of the necessary work and the avoidance of unnecessary delay.
(2)The Secretary of State may issue or approve for the purposes of this section a code of practice giving practical guidance as to the matters mentioned in subsection (1) and the steps to be taken by the authority and the undertaker.
(3)Any dispute between the authority and the undertaker as to any of the matters mentioned in subsection (1) shall, in default of agreement, be settled by arbitration.
(4)If the authority or the undertaker fails to comply with an agreement between them as to any of those matters, or with the decision of the arbiter under subsection (3), the authority or undertaker shall be liable to compensate the other in respect of any loss or damage resulting from the failure.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C5S. 143 applied (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. xii, s. 1, Sch. para. 11
C6S. 143(1)(3)(4) excluded (28.11.1992) by S.I. 1992/2990, art.10
Commencement Information
I1S. 143 wholly in force; s. 143(1)(3)(4) in force at 1.1.1993, see s. 170 and S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; s. 143(2) in force at 14.7.1992 by S.I. 1992/1671, art. 2, Sch.