PART 3STREETS

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1

The undertaker may, for the purposes of the authorised development, enter on so much of any of the streets specified in Schedule 3 (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 under it;

b

drill, tunnel or bore under the street;

c

place and keep apparatus in the street;

d

maintain apparatus in the street, change its position or remove it;

e

construct a bridge over the street; 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 or licence 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

Where the undertaker is not the street authority, sections 54 to 106 of the 1991 Act apply to any street works carried out under paragraph (1).