Subsection (1) of this section inserts a new Part 3A into the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 ("NRSWA 1991") which, among other things, requires the Secretary of State to keep a register of information relating to apparatus in streets in England and Wales (to be known as the National Underground Asset Register ("NUAR")). The sections comprising the new Part 3A set out a legislative framework for NUAR, including empowering the Secretary of State to make provision by regulations in connection with granting access to information kept in NUAR, the payment of fees by undertakers in relation to NUAR, requiring undertakers to provide information to the Secretary of State for the purposes of regulations, monetary penalties and arrangements for third parties to exercise relevant functions of the Secretary of State.
	The new Part 3A inserted into NRSWA 1991 comprises new sections 106A to 106K; each of these is considered in turn below.
Part 3: National Underground Asset Register Section 56: National Underground Asset Register: England and Wales