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Electricity Act 1992

Powers and duties of electricity operators and other owners of electrical works

25: Notice to be given before work undertaken

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“Electricity companies must tell others before they work on roads”

You need to know about a rule for electricity operators when they want to do work on roads. Before they start any work, they must tell certain people about it. They have to let the local authority or whoever is in charge of the road know. They also have to tell the owners of any pipes, phone lines, or other things in the road that might be affected by the work.

The electricity operator has to write a letter explaining where they want to work, what kind of work they’re going to do, and why they’re doing it. The people who get this letter have 15 working days to write back. In their reply, they can tell the electricity operator about any conditions they want to put on the work.

If the people who get the letter don’t write back within 15 working days, the electricity operator can start work without any extra conditions.

Sometimes, the electricity operator might need to do urgent work because of broken equipment or an emergency. In these cases, they don’t have to tell anyone before they start. But they still need to give all the information about the work as soon as they can afterwards.

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Part 3 Powers and duties of electricity operators and other owners of electrical works

25Notice to be given before work undertaken

  1. Except as provided in subsection (5), before an electricity operator proceeds to undertake any work pursuant to the powers contained in section 24(1), the electricity operator shall give notice of its intention to undertake the work to—

  2. the local authority or other body or person having jurisdiction over the road to which the work relates; and
    1. the owner of any pipe, telecommunications line, or works that are constructed in, on, along, over, across, or under that road and that will be affected, or are likely to be affected, by the work.

      1. Every such notice shall be in writing, and shall specify the location of the proposed work, the nature of the work to be undertaken, and the reasons for it.

      2. Within 15 working days after the receipt of the written notice of the intention to undertake work, the persons who are given a notice pursuant to subsection (1) shall notify the electricity operator, in writing, of any conditions imposed pursuant to section 24(2).

      3. Where a person who is given a notice pursuant to subsection (1) fails to notify the electricity operator of the conditions imposed pursuant to section 24(2) within the period referred to in subsection (3) of this section, no such conditions may be imposed, and the electricity operator may commence work.

      4. Where any such work is rendered urgent and necessary by any defective equipment, or other emergency, the electricity operator shall be excused from complying with the requirements of subsection (1) before commencing the work, but shall give the information required by subsection (2) as soon as practicable thereafter.

      Compare
      • 1987 No 116 s 15A
      • 1988 No 164 s 16