2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;
“authority” means a roads authority, bridge authority or transport authority;
“the Code” means the Code of Practice entitled “Measures Necessary Where Apparatus is Affected by Major Works (Diversionary Works)” dated June 1992, and approved by the Secretary of State on 14th July 1992 as revised or re-issued from time to time;
“works” means major works for roads purposes, major bridge works or major transport works.
(2) For the purposes of these Regulations “allowable costs” means all the reasonable costs of the measures needed to be taken for the purpose specified in section 143(1) of the Act except costs incurred—
(a)in preparing the initial set of plans and estimates in relation to those measures (but not in preparing any further plans and estimates which the authority may require); and
(b)in relation to the undertaker’s apparatus placed in a road after the undertaker was given notice as mentioned in section 144(2)(a) of the Act.
(3) A reference in these Regulations to a numbered regulation is a reference to the regulation bearing that number in these Regulations.