45.—(1) If, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this Order, the undertaker acquires any interest in any land in which any apparatus is placed or over which access to any apparatus is enjoyed or requires that Northumbrian Water's apparatus is relocated or diverted, that apparatus must not be removed under this Part of this Schedule, and any right of Northumbrian Water to maintain that apparatus in that land and to gain access to it must not be extinguished, until alternative apparatus has been constructed and is in operation, and access to it has been provided, to the reasonable satisfaction of Northumbrian Water in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (8).E+W+S
(2) If, for the purpose of executing any works in, on or under any land purchased, held, appropriated or used under this Order, the undertaker requires the removal of any apparatus placed in that land, the undertaker must give to Northumbrian Water 56 days' written notice of that requirement, together with a plan of the work proposed, and of the proposed position of the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed and in that case (or if in consequence of the exercise of any of the powers conferred by this Order Northumbrian Water reasonably needs to remove any of its apparatus) the undertaker must, subject to sub-paragraph (3), afford to Northumbrian Water the necessary facilities and rights for the construction of alternative apparatus in other land of the undertaker and subsequently for access to and the maintenance of that apparatus.
(3) If alternative apparatus or any part of such apparatus is to be constructed elsewhere than in other land of the undertaker, or the undertaker, after using all reasonable endeavours is unable to afford such facilities and rights as are mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) in the land in which the alternative apparatus or part of such apparatus is to be constructed Northumbrian Water must, on receipt of a written notice to that effect from the undertaker, as soon as reasonably practicable use reasonable endeavours to obtain the necessary facilities and rights in the land in which the alternative apparatus is to be constructed.
(4) Any alternative apparatus to be constructed in land of the undertaker under this Part of this Schedule must be constructed in such manner and in such line or situation as may be agreed between Northumbrian Water and the undertaker both acting reasonably with a view to securing the efficient implementation of the necessary work, the avoidance of unnecessary delay and the continued fulfilment by both parties of their service obligations, which in the case of Northumbrian Water shall be to a standard no less than that achieved prior to the removal of the apparatus which the alternative apparatus replaces, or in default of agreement settled by arbitration in accordance with article 46 (arbitration).
(5) Northumbrian Water must, after the alternative apparatus to be provided or constructed has been agreed or settled by arbitration in accordance with article 46 (arbitration), and after the grant to Northumbrian Water of any such facilities and rights as are referred to in sub-paragraphs 45(2) or 45(3), proceed without unnecessary delay to construct and bring into operation the alternative apparatus and subsequently to remove any apparatus required by the undertaker to be removed under the provisions of this part of this schedule.
(6) Regardless of anything in sub-paragraph 45(5), if the undertaker gives notice in writing to Northumbrian Water that the undertaker intends to execute any work, or part of any work in connection with the construction or removal of apparatus in any land of the undertaker, that work, instead of being executed by Northumbrian Water, may, subject to the written consent of Northumbrian Water, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, and in accordance with Northumbrian Water's requirements and specifications, be executed by the undertaker without unnecessary delay under the superintendence, if given, and to the reasonable satisfaction of Northumbrian Water.
(7) Nothing in sub-paragraph 45(6) authorises the undertaker to execute the placing, installation bedding, packing, removal, connection or disconnection of any apparatus, or execute the filling around the apparatus (where apparatus is laid in a trench) within 300 millimetres of apparatus.
(8) When alternative apparatus is to be or is being substituted for existing apparatus, the undertaker shall, before taking or requiring any further step in such substitution works, use all reasonable endeavours to comply with Northumbrian Water's reasonable requests for a reasonable period of time to enable Northumbrian Water to:
(a)make network contingency arrangements; or
(b)bring such matters as it may consider reasonably necessary to the attention of end users of the utility in question.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 para. 45 in force at 9.2.2021, see art. 1