1992 No. 1691

HIGHWAYS, ENGLAND AND WALES

The Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations 1992

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for Transport and the Secretary of State for Wales in exercise of their powers under section 81 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 19911 and of all other enabling powers, hereby make the following Regulations:

1

These Regulations may be cited as the Street Works (Maintenance) Regulations 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

2

In these Regulations:—

  • “the Act” means the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991;

  • “relevant apparatus” means manholes or other surface boxes and covers at or about the level of the street surface and manhole chambers, tunnels and other structures affecting the integrity of the structure of the street.

3

If an undertaker has failed to afford the street authority the facilities required by section 81(1) of the Act in relation to relevant apparatus the street authority may, where they have reasonable cause to believe, by reason of subsidence or disturbance of the road surface, that the undertaker’s apparatus has not been maintained as required by that subsection, execute such works as are needed to enable them to inspect the apparatus.

4

The street authority may execute any emergency works needed in consequence of the failure of an undertaker to secure that its relevant apparatus is maintained to the reasonable satisfaction of the street authority as required by section 81(1) of the Act where they have made an inspection in accordance with regulation 3 above and have found that such apparatus has not been so maintained.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Kenneth CarlisleParliamentary Under Secretary of State,Department of Transport
Wyn RobertsMinister of State for Wales

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations define the circumstances in which a street authority, in cases where the undertaker has failed to afford to that authority facilities for inspecting its relevant apparatus (as defined in regulation 2) in a street, may carry out works to enable them to inspect the apparatus where they have reasonable cause to believe that the apparatus has not been maintained as required by section 81(1) and (2) of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991. Where the inspection shows that the apparatus has not been so maintained the street authority may carry out emergency works needed in consequence of the undertaker’s breach of statutory duty.