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New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Section 60 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 03 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.

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60 General duty of undertakers to co-operate.E+W
(1)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 5] on the standard scale.
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