Street worksE+W+S
8.—(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 under it;
(b)tunnel or bore under the street;
(c)place apparatus under the street;
(d)maintain apparatus under 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) In this article “apparatus” has the same meaning as in Part 3 (street works in England and Wales) of the 1991 Act().