If you are a local authority or in charge of a road, you must tell the network operator about any conditions you want to impose within 15 working days. You can find out more about this time period in section 137. If you do not notify the network operator within this time, you may not be able to impose those conditions and the network operator can start work, as stated in conditions imposed under section 135(2).

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137: Network operator to be notified of conditions, or

"Tell the road bosses, they tell the network operator about the rules"

139: Urgency, or

"Doing urgent work without waiting for permission first"

Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Lines or wireless works on roads

138Failure to notify conditions

If a local authority or other person who has jurisdiction over the road fails to notify the network operator of the conditions imposed under section 135(2) within the 15-working day period referred to in section 137, those conditions may not be imposed, and the network operator may commence work.

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1987 No 116 s 15A(4)

Notes

Section 138: amended, on 6 August 2010, by section 8 of the Infrastructure (Amendments Relating to Utilities Access) Act 2010 (2010 No 99).