C3C4C5C6C7C8C9C10C11C12C13C14C15C16C17C18C20C19C21C22C23C24C25C27C26C28C29C30C31C32C33C34C35C38C41C42C43C44C46C45C47C50C51C53C56C59Part III Street works in England and Wales

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C4

Pt. 3 (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. 3 (ss. 48-106) modified (29.3.2001) by S.I. 2001/1348, art. 21(2)

Pt. 3 (ss. 48-106) amended (24.7.2001) by S.I. 2001/3627, art. 4(1)

C5

Definition in Pt. 3 (ss. 48-106) applied (1.12.1991) 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. 3 (ss. 48-106) applied (1.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 178, 221(1), 225(2), Sch. 22 para. 3(2).

C7

Pt. 3 excluded (16.3.1992) by Avon Weir Act 1992 (c. v), s. 6(3) (with s. 61(1))

C8

Pt. 3 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. 3 para. 101(3); S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch.2)

Pt. 3 modified (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 4(1)

Pt. 3 (ss. 48-106) excluded (27.7.1993) by 1993 c. xv, s. 4(2)

C9

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 4(1)

Pt. 3 applied (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 45(5)(a)

Pt. 3 excluded (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 21(2)

Pt. 3 restricted (21.7.1994) by 1994 c. xv, s. 4(2)

C10

Pt. 3 excluded (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 52, Sch. 15 para. 1(3)

Pt. 3 modified (18.12.1996) by 1996 c. 61, s. 3, Sch. 3 para. 8

C11

Pt. 3 extended (28.7.1998) by 1998 c. iv, s. 3

C12

Pt. 3 applied (27.8.1998) by S.I. 1998/1936, arts. 1, 41, Sch. 10 paras. 2(8), 3(2)

Pt. 3 modified (13.1.1999) by S.I. 1998/3269, art. 4(1)

C28

Pt. 3 modified (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 3 para. 8

C29

Pt. 3 excluded (22.7.2008) by Crossrail Act 2008 (c. 18), Sch. 17 para. 1(3)

C38

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (9.4.2013) by The Hinkley Point C (Nuclear Generating Station) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/648), arts. 1, 9 (with arts. 48, 68, 79)

C43

Pt. 3 modified (20.11.2013) by The M1 Junction 10a (Grade Separation) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/2808), arts. 1, 8(1)(2)

C46

Pt. 3 applied (with modifications) (9.1.2014) by The Ashton Vale to Temple Meads and Bristol City Centre Rapid Transit Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/3244), arts. 1, 4(9) (with arts. 57, 58, Sch. 11 para. 19)

Duties and liabilities of undertakers with respect to apparatus

C1C36C38C37C39C40C48C49C50C52C53C54C57C58C60C6182C38C50C53 Liability for damage or loss caused.

C21

An undertaker shall compensate—

a

the street authority or any other relevant authority in respect of any damage or loss suffered by the authority in their capacity as such, and

b

any other person having apparatus in the street in respect of any expense reasonably incurred in making good damage to that apparatus,

as a result of the execution by the undertaker of street works or any event of a kind mentioned in subsection (2).

C552

The events referred to in subsection (1) are any explosion, ignition, discharge or other event occurring to gas, electricity, water or any other thing required for the purposes of a supply or service afforded by an undertaker which—

a

at the time of or immediately before the event in question was in apparatus of the undertaker in the street, or

b

had been in such apparatus before that event and had escaped therefrom in circumstances which contributed to its occurrence.

3

The liability of an undertaker under this section arises—

a

whether or not the damage or loss is attributable to negligence on his part or on the part of any person for whom he is responsible, and

b

notwithstanding that he is acting in pursuance of a statutory duty.

4

However, his liability under this section does not extend to damage or loss which is attributable to misconduct or negligence on the part of—

a

the person suffering the damage or loss, or any person for whom he is responsible, or

b

a third party, that is, a person for whom neither the undertaker nor the person suffering the damage or loss is responsible.

5

For the purposes of this section the persons for whom a person is responsible are his contractors and any person in his employ or that of his contractors.

88

Nothing in this section shall be taken as exonerating an undertaker from any liability to which he would otherwise be subject.