Agreements with street authorities
12.—(1) A street authority and Network Rail may enter into agreements with respect to—
(a)the construction of any new street, including any structure carrying the street over or under a railway authorised by the Order;
(b)the maintenance of the structure of any bridge or tunnel carrying a street over or under any authorised railway;
(c)any stopping up, alteration or diversion of a street under the powers conferred by this Order; or
(d)the carrying out in the street of any of the works referred to in article 8(1) (street works).
(2) Such an agreement may, without limitation on the scope of paragraph (1)—
(a)make provision for the street authority to carry out any function under this Order which relates to the street in question;
(b)include an agreement between Network Rail and the street authority specifying a reasonable time for the completion of the works; and
(c)contain such terms as to payment and otherwise as the parties consider appropriate.