Commentary on Sections Part 4 : Street Works Section 46: Records of location of apparatus
117.Section 46amends section 79 of NRSWA which requires, except in such cases as may be prescribed, that an undertaker shall record the location of every item of apparatus belonging to him as soon as reasonably practicable after placing it in the street or altering its position, locating it in the street in the course of executing any works, or being informed of its location under section 80 of NRSWA (duty to inform undertakers of location of unidentified apparatus).
118.Subsection(2) inserts a new subsection (1A) into section 79 of NRSWA. It provides that an undertaker can (except in circumstances prescribed in regulations) include in its section 79 records other records not required to be included in the records kept by undertakers under section 79.
119.Subsection (3) inserts a new subsection  (2A) into section 79 of NRSWA. It provides that regulations under section 79(2) as to the form and manner of records (for instance regulations providing that the records should be held in electronic form) may apply to records made before the regulations take effect.