The River Thames (Hungerford Footbridges) Order 1999

Article 30

SCHEDULE 12 REGULATION OF FOOTWAYS

1.  This Schedule has effect for the regulation of such part of the authorised works as are open to the public.

2.  In this Schedule—

“footway” means such part of the authorised works as are open to the public; and

“make”, in relation to any arrangements, includes alter and remove.

3.  The undertaker may make arrangements for—

(a) the maintenance, cleansing and drainage of the footway;

(b) the lighting of the footway and of that part of any building or structure which is over or above it;

(c) the provision of personnel, cameras, alarms, railings or other devices (with the exception of gates or other barriers that could be used to obstruct the use of the footway) for the security of the footway;

(d) the provision and maintenance of support for the footway;

(e) the placing or retention of anything (including any structure) in, on or over the footway but not anything which projects sideways from (whether on the horizontal or otherwise), or protrudes below the bottom level of, the footway.

4.  Except in the case of an emergency, not less than 2 months before making any arrangements under paragraph 3(e) above, the undertaker shall—

(a) display in a conspicuous position on or adjacent to the footway, or the affected part of the footway, a notice specifying the arrangements it proposes to make; and

(b) serve a notice on the Port Authority specifying those arrangements.

5.  Where it is necessary for the undertaker to make any arrangements under paragraph 3(e) above in an emergency, the undertaker shall give such notice as is reasonably possible in the circumstances (if any) of its proposals to the Port Authority.

6.  A notice displayed pursuant to paragraph 4(a) above shall specify—

(a) the place at which documents (including, where appropriate, plans or drawings) providing details of the arrangements may be inspected;

(b) the period during which representations relating to the arrangements the undertaker is proposing to make may be made to the undertaker; and

(c) the address to which any such representations are to be sent.

7.  The period specified in a notice under paragraph 6(b) above shall be a period ending not less than 6 weeks after the date on which the notice displayed under paragraph 4(a) above is first displayed.

8.  The undertaker shall use its best endeavours to ensure that every notice displayed pursuant to paragraph 4(a) above continues to be displayed in a legible form until the end of the period specified under paragraph 6(b) above.

9.  Where any representations are made to the undertaker in relation to the arrangements it proposes to make within the period specified in a notice under paragraph 6(b) above, the undertaker shall take those representations into consideration before deciding whether to proceed to make the arrangements in question.