C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C11C12Part III Street works in England and Wales

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Pt. III (ss. 48-106) applied (6.11.2000) by 2000 c. 26, s. 95, Sch. 6 para. 1(3); S.I. 2000/2957, art. 2(1), Sch. 1

Pt. III (ss. 48-106) modified (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1348, art. 21(2)

Pt. III (ss. 48-106) amended (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 4(1)

C5

Definition in Pt. III (ss. 48-106) applied (01.12.1991) by Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56, SIF 130), ss. 71-84, 162-172, 219(1), 223(2), Sch. 6 para. 6(3)(a).

C6

Definition in Pt. III (ss. 48-106) applied (01.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 221(1), 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 3(2).

C7

Part III (ss. 48-106) excluded (16.3.1992) by Avon Weir Act 1992 (c. v), s. 6(3) (with s. 61(1))

C8

Part III (ss. 48-106) 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. III para. 101(3); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch.2)

Part III (ss. 48-106) modified (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 4(1)

Part III (ss. 48-106) excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 4(2)

C9

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) applied (with modifications) (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv s. 4(1)

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv s. 45(5)(a)

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv s. 21(2)

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) restricted (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv s. 4(2)

C10

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) excluded (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61 s. 52, Sch. 15, Pt. I, para. 1(3)

S. 48-106 (Pt. III) modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61 s. 3, Sch. 3, para. 8

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S. 48-106 (Pt. III) extended (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv s. 3

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S. 48-106 (Pt. III) applied (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936 arts. 1, 41, Sch. 10 para. 2(8), 3(2)

Notice and co-ordination of works

I1C1C2C1360 General duty of undertakers to co-operate.

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

a

in the interests of safety,

b

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

c

to protect the structure of the street 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.

3

An undertaker who fails to comply with his duty under subsection (1) commits an offence and is liable on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding level 3 on the standard scale.