1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 Preliminary

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

  3. PART 2 Works Provisions

    1. Principal powers

      1. 4.Power to construct and maintain works

      2. 5.Power to deviate

    2. Streets

      1. 6.Power to alter layout of streets

      2. 7.Power to keep apparatus in streets

      3. 8.Power to execute street works

      4. 9.Rights of way over access tracks

      5. 10.Construction of new and stopping up of existing paths or streets

      6. 11.Construction and maintenance of new or altered paths or streets

      7. 12.Temporary stopping-up of paths or streets

      8. 13.Access to works

      9. 14.Agreements with street authorities

      10. 15.Level crossings

    3. Supplemental

      1. 16.Temporary closure of part of Great Ouse

      2. 17.Discharge of water

      3. 18.Supplementary powers

      4. 19.Power to survey and investigate land

      5. 20.Restriction on apparatus

      6. 21.Obstruction of construction of guided busway

  4. PART 3 Acquisition and Possession of Land

    1. Powers of acquisition

      1. 22.Power to acquire land

      2. 23.Application of Part I of Compulsory Purchase Act 1965

      3. 24.Application of Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981

      4. 25.Powers to acquire new rights

      5. 26.Powers to acquire subsoil only

      6. 27.Rights under or over streets

    2. Temporary possession of land

      1. 28.Temporary use of land for construction of works

      2. 29.Temporary use of land for maintenance of works

    3. Compensation

      1. 30.Disregard of certain interests and improvements

    4. Supplementary

      1. 31.Acquisition of part of certain properties

      2. 32.Extinction or suspension of private rights of way

      3. 33.Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition

  5. PART 4 Operation of Busway System

    1. 34.Power to operate and use busway system

    2. 35.Power to charge fares

    3. 36.Registration of busway services

    4. 37.Substitute road services

    5. 38.As to quality partnership schemes

    6. 39.Maintenance of approved works, etc.

    7. 40.Removal of obstructions

    8. 41.Traffic signs

    9. 42.Traffic regulation

    10. 43.Power to lop or fell trees overhanging busway system

    11. 44.Trespass on busway system

    12. 45.Power to make byelaws

    13. 46.Power to contract for police services

    14. 47.Power of disposal, agreements for operation, etc.

    15. 48.Application of landlord and tenant law

    16. 49.Town and country planning: statutory undertakers

  6. PART 5 Protective Provisions

    1. 50.Statutory undertakers, etc.

    2. 51.Protective provisions

    3. 52.Minerals

  7. PART 6 Miscellaneous and General

    1. 53.As to local railway enactments

    2. 54.Disclosure of confidential information

    3. 55.Certification of plans, etc.

    4. 56.Service of notices

    5. 57.No double recovery

    6. 58.Arbitration

  8. Signature

  9. SCHEDULES

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      SCHEDULED WORKS

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN LAND

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      STREETS SUBJECT TO ALTERATION OF LAYOUT

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      PATHS AND STREETS TO BE STOPPED UP AND PROVISION OF SUBSTITUTES

      1. PART 1 New Paths or Streets

      2. PART 2 Paths or Streets for which Substitutes are to be Provided

      3. PART 3 Paths or Streets for which no Substitutes will be Provided

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      PATHS AND STREETS TO BE TEMPORARILY STOPPED UP

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      HIGHWAYS TO BE CROSSED ON THE LEVEL

    7. SCHEDULE 7

      MODIFICATION OF COMPENSATION AND COMPULSORY PURCHASE ENACTMENTS FOR CREATION OF NEW RIGHTS

      1. 1.The enactments for the time being in force with respect...

      2. 2.(1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1, the...

      3. Adaptation of the 1965 Act

        1. 3.(1) The 1965 Act shall have effect with the modifications...

        2. 4.For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation)...

        3. 5.For section 8 of the 1965 Act (provisions as to...

        4. 6.The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...

        5. 7.Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall...

        6. 8.Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...

        7. 9.Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...

    8. SCHEDULE 8

      LAND OF WHICH TEMPORARY POSSESSION MAY BE TAKEN

    9. SCHEDULE 9

      TRAFFIC REGULATION ORDERS

      1. PART 1 Prohibition and Restrictions of Stopping and Waiting

      2. PART 2 Bus and Cycle Lanes

      3. PART 3 Prohibition on Turning

      4. PART 4 Prohibition of Driving

      5. PART 5 Parking Places

    10. SCHEDULE 10

      PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY UNDERTAKERS, ETC.

      1. Apparatus of statutory undertakers, etc., on land acquired

        1. 1.(1) Sections 271 to 274 of the 1990 Act (power...

      2. Apparatus of statutory undertakers, etc., in stopped up streets

        1. 2.(2) Where a street is stopped up under article 11...

    11. SCHEDULE 11

      PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

      1. PART 1 For Protection of Drainage Authorities

        1. 1.(1) The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule...

        2. 2.(1) Before beginning to construct any specified work, the undertaker...

        3. 3.Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 2, the requirements...

        4. 4.(1) Any specified work, and all protective works required by...

        5. 5.(1) The undertaker shall from the commencement of the construction...

        6. 6.If by reason of the construction of any specified work...

        7. 7.The undertaker shall indemnify the drainage authority concerned in respect...

        8. 8.(1) Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Part...

        9. 9.The fact that any work or thing has been constructed...

        10. 10.For the purposes of section 109 of the Water Resources...

        11. 11.Any dispute arising under this Part of this Schedule between...

      2. PART 2 For Further Protection of Environment Agency

        1. 12.The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall...

        2. 13.Before beginning to construct any work or operation authorised by...

        3. 14.Any such work shall not be constructed except in accordance...

        4. 15.The undertaker shall not be obliged to serve any notice...

        5. 16.Paragraph 11 of this Schedule shall apply to any dispute...

      3. PART 3 For Protection of Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

        1. 17.The following provisions of this Part of this Schedule shall...

        2. 18.In this Part of this Schedule— “construction” includes execution, placing,...

        3. 19.(1) Where under this Schedule Network Rail is required to...

        4. 20.(1) The undertaker shall not exercise the powers conferred by...

        5. 21.(1) The undertaker shall before commencing construction of any specified...

        6. 22.(1) Any specified work and any protective works to be...

        7. 23.The undertaker shall— (a) at all times afford reasonable facilities...

        8. 24.Network Rail shall at all times afford reasonable facilities to...

        9. 25.(1) If any alterations or additions, either permanent or temporary,...

        10. 26.The undertaker shall repay to Network Rail all reasonable fees,...

        11. 27.If at any time after the completion of a specified...

        12. 28.The undertaker shall not provide any illumination or illuminated sign...

        13. 29.Any additional expenses which Network Rail may reasonably incur in...

        14. 30.(1) The undertaker shall pay to Network Rail all reasonable...

        15. 31.Network Rail shall, on receipt of a request from the...

        16. 32.In the assessment of any sums payable to Network Rail...

        17. 33.The undertaker and Network Rail may, subject in the case...

  10. Explanatory Note