SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS
PART 2FOR THE PROTECTION OF NORTHERN GAS NETWORKS LIMITED
Removal or diversion of apparatus19
1
If the undertaker acquires any interest in land in which the utility undertaker’s apparatus is placed, that apparatus must not be removed and any right of the utility undertaker to maintain that apparatus in that land must not be extinguished until alternative apparatus has been constructed and is in operation to the reasonable satisfaction of the utility undertaker.
2
If, for the purpose of executing any works, the undertaker requires the removal or diversion of any apparatus, it must give to the utility undertaker 90 days’ advance written notice of that requirement, together with a plan of the works and the removal or diversion works proposed, the proposed position of the alternative apparatus, and the proposed timeline for the works. The utility undertaker must reasonably approve these details. The undertaker must afford to the utility undertaker to its reasonable satisfaction the necessary facilities and rights for
a
the construction of alternative apparatus in other land; and
b
the maintenance of that apparatus,
and the utility undertaker must commence the planning for the removal or diversion works within 90 days of receiving notice under this sub-paragraph and must complete the works using its reasonable endeavours to meet the undertaker’s proposed timeline, and in any event without undue delay, in accordance with the details provided by the undertaker under this sub-paragraph or as otherwise reasonably agreed by the undertaker.
3
If, in consequence of the works carried out by the undertaker, the utility undertaker reasonably needs to remove or divert any of its apparatus, it must without undue delay give the undertaker written notice of that requirement, together with a plan of the work proposed, the proposed position of the alternative apparatus and the proposed timeline for the works. The undertaker must reasonably approve these details and must afford to the utility undertaker to its reasonable satisfaction the necessary facilities and rights for—
a
the construction of alternative apparatus; and
b
the maintenance of that apparatus,
and the utility undertaker must commence the planning for the removal or diversion works within 90 days of the details of its proposed works being approved by the undertaker under this sub-paragraph, and must complete the works without undue delay and in accordance with the approved details.
4
If the utility undertaker fails either reasonably to approve, or to provide reasons for its failure to approve along with an indication of what would be required to make acceptable, any proposed details relating to required removal or diversion works under sub-paragraph (2) within 70 days of receiving a notice of the required works from the undertaker, then such details are deemed to have been approved, provided that the undertaker has first taken all reasonable steps to contact the relevant representatives of the utility undertaker in order to elicit such a response.
5
If alternative apparatus or any part of such apparatus is to be constructed elsewhere than in other land of the undertaker, or the undertaker is unable to afford such facilities and rights as are mentioned in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), the utility undertaker must, on receipt of a written notice to that effect from the undertaker, take such steps as are reasonable in the circumstances in an endeavour to obtain the necessary facilities and rights in the land in which the alternative apparatus is to be constructed, but this obligation does not require the utility undertaker to use its compulsory purchase powers unless it elects to so do.
6
Paragraphs 22 (expenses) and 23 (indemnity) of this Part of this Schedule apply to removal or diversion works under this paragraph, but the utility undertaker must provide to the undertaker for its approval a cost estimate for works that the utility undertaker proposes to carry out, and the undertaker is not liable for any costs under this paragraph that are not in accordance with an estimate that it has approved.