New Roads and Street Works Act 1991

Contents

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1. Part I · New Roads in England and Wales
   1. General
   2. Miscellaneous
   3. Annual Report
   4. Concession agreements
   5. Further provisions with respect to tolls
   6. Toll orders
2. Part II · New Roads in Scotland
   1. Report
   2. Further provision with respect to tolls
   3. Supplementary provisions
   4. Toll Roads
3. Part III · Street works in England and Wales
   1. Inspections
   2. Reinstatement
   3. Apparatus affected by highway, bridge or transport works
   4. Charges, fees and contributions payable by undertakers
   5. Duties in relation to recording and sharing of information about apparatus
   6. General requirements as to execution of street works
   7. Introductory provisions
   8. Notice and co-ordination of works
   9. Other duties and liabilities of undertakers in relation to apparatus
   10. Power of street authority or district council to undertake street works
   11. Provisions with respect to particular authorities and undertakings
   12. Streets subject to special controls
   13. Supplementary provisions
   14. The street works register
4. Part 3A · National Underground Asset Register: England and Wales
   1. Data protection
   2. Exercise of functions by third party
   3. Monetary penalties
   4. Requirements for undertakers to pay fees and provide information
   5. Supplementary provisions
   6. The register
5. Part IV · Road works in Scotland
   1. Reinstatement
   2. Apparatus affected by road, bridge or transport works
   3. Charges, fees and contributions payable by undertakers
   4. Duties and liabilities of undertakers with respect to apparatus
   5. General requirements as to execution of road works
   6. Introductory provisions
   7. Notice and co-ordination of works
   8. Power of road works authority or district council to undertake road works
   9. Provisions with respect to particular authorities and undertakings
   10. Roads subject to special controls
   11. Supplementary provisions
   12. The road works register
6. Part V · General
   1. 166 Offences by bodies corporate or Scottish partnerships.
   2. 167 Crown application.
   3. 168 Minor and consequential amendments and repeals.
   4. 169 Extent.
   5. 170 Commencement.
   6. 171 Short title.
7. Schedule 1 · Supplementary provisions as to termination of concession
   1. Introductory
   2. Property to vest free from security rights
   3. Recovery of property taken in distress, &c.
   4. Validity of previous discharge of liabilities
   5. Property subject to covenants, conditions or restrictions
   6. Transfer of agreements, &c.
   7. Legal or other proceedings
   8. Transfer of employees
8. Schedule 2 · Procedure in Connection with Toll Orders
   1. Publicity for proposals
   2. Making of objections
   3. Local inquiry
   4. Making or confirmation of order
   5. Notice of making or confirmation of order
   6. Special parliamentary procedure where existing highway appropriated or transferred
   7. Challenge to validity of order or certificate
9. Schedule 3 · Street works licences
   1. Grant of licence
   2. Electronic communications networks: determination of applications to install facilities
   3. Conditions attached to licence
   4. Notice of change of ownership, &c.
   5. Withdrawal of licence
   6. Removal of apparatus
   7. Obligation of licensee to indemnify street authority
   8. Appeal against decision of local highway authority
10. Schedule 3A · Restriction on works following substantial street works
    1. (1) Introductory
    2. (2) Notice by authority of proposed restriction
    3. (3) Completion of notified works
    4. (4) Direction restricting further works
    5. (5) Effect of direction imposing restriction
    6. (6) Supplementary
11. Schedule 4 · Streets with special engineering difficulties
    1. Introductory
    2. Requirement of plan and section
    3. Procedure on submission of plan and section
    4. Settlement of plan and section by arbitration
    5. Objection to works executed without plan and section being settled
    6. Execution of works in accordance with plan and section
12. Schedule 4A · fixed penalty offences under part 3
13. Schedule 4B · Fixed penalties for certain offences under Part 3
    1. (1) Power to give fixed penalty notices
    2. (2) Power to give fixed penalty notices
    3. (3) Contents of fixed penalty notice
    4. (4) The amount of the penalty and the period for payment
    5. (5) The discounted amount
    6. (6) Effect of notice and payment of penalty
    7. (7) Power to withdraw notices
    8. (8) General and supplementary
    9. (9) General and supplementary
14. Schedule 5 · Procedure for making certain orders under Part III
    1. Publication of proposals
    2. Notice to parties affected
    3. Local inquiry
    4. Making of order
    5. Special parliamentary procedure
15. Schedule 5A · Monetary penalties in relation to requirements under Part 3A
    1. (1) Power to impose monetary penalties
    2. (2) Warning notices
    3. (3) Penalty notices
    4. (4) Enforcement
    5. (5) Appeals
16. Schedule 6 · Roads with special engineering difficulties
    1. Introductory
    2. Execution of works in accordance with plan and section
    3. Objection to works executed without plan and section being settled
    4. Procedure on submission of plan and section
    5. Requirement of plan and section
    6. Settlement of plan and section by arbitration
17. Schedule 6B · Fixed penalties for certain offences under part 4
    1. Contents of fixed penalty notice
    2. Effect of notice and payment of penalty
    3. Effect of prosecution on notice
    4. General and supplementary
    5. Judicial determination of enforcement of fixed penalty
    6. Power to give fixed penalty notices
    7. Power to withdraw notices
    8. Recovery of unpaid fixed penalties
    9. Request for hearing
    10. The amount of the penalty and the period for payment
    11. The discounted amount
18. Schedule 7 · Procedure for making certain orders under Part IV
    1. Local inquiry
    2. Making of order
    3. Notice to parties affected
    4. Publication of proposals
    5. Special parliamentary procedure
19. Schedule 8 · Minor and consequential amendments
    1. Part III Amendments of the Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
    2. Part I Amendments of the Highways Act 1980
    3. Part II Amendments of the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984
    4. Part IV Amendments of other enactments
20. Schedule 9 · Repeals