PART 3STREETS
Street works
9.—(1) In relation to any of the streets within the Order limits, the undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development,—
(a)break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel under it;
(b)drill, tunnel or bore under the street;
(c)place apparatus in the street;
(d)maintain apparatus in the street or change its position; and
(e)execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d).
(2) The authority given by paragraph (1) is a statutory right for the purposes of sections 48(3) (streets, street works and undertakers) and 51(1) (prohibition of unauthorised street works) of the 1991 Act.
(3) Sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act(1) apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).
A number of these provisions have been amended, including by the Traffic Management Act 2004 (c.18).