PART 3Streets

Street works9

1

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised project, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 2 (streets subject to street works) as is within the Order limits and may—

a

break up or open the street, or any sewer, drain or tunnel within or under it;

b

tunnel or bore under the street;

c

remove or use all earth and materials in or under the street;

d

place and keep apparatus under the street;

e

maintain apparatus under the street or change its position; and

f

execute any works required for or incidental to any works referred to in sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (c), (d) and (e).

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

In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act.