Apparatus
4.—(1) Save where paragraph 5 of this Part applies, no works are to commence within 10 metres of apparatus until a construction method statement to protect the apparatus has been prepared by the undertaker and submitted to and agreed with Centrica which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed but may be given subject to conditions.
(2) The construction method statement must include provisions in respect of—
(a)the location and methods of reinforcement of crossing points over the apparatus and restrictions on building and altering the ground level over the apparatus elsewhere;
(b)a mechanism for the enforcement of the undertaker’s use of designated crossing points over the apparatus and the agreed reinforcement methods; and
(c)adoption of a prior notification and consent regime which would require the undertaker to—
(i)seek Centrica’s consent to the carrying out of the proposed development within the vicinity of the apparatus, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; and
(ii)notify Centrica of its intention to carry out any development within the vicinity of the apparatus, such notification to be provided at least 48 hours prior to any such development occurring; and
the authorised development must be carried out in accordance with the approved construction method statement.