Section 59 amends Article 39 of SWNIO 1995 to make equivalent changes to those made to section 79 of NRSWA 1991 by section 57 (see paragraph 491 above).
	Section 59(3)(c) inserts a new paragraph (1B) into Article 39, which makes equivalent provision to the new subsection (1B) inserted into section 79 of NRSWA 1991. This introduces a requirement for undertakers having apparatus in a street to record additional, prescribed information as soon as practicable after specific events occur. Section 59(3)(f) inserts new paragraphs (3B) and (3C) into Article 39, requiring this information to be uploaded to NUAR in a prescribed form and manner within a prescribed period.
	Similarly, as with section 79(3) of NRSWA 1991, the requirement for undertakers to make their records "available for inspection" by others at Article 39(3), is removed (see section 59(3)(d)).
	Article 40 of SWNIO 1995 (which is not yet in force) makes equivalent provision to the existing section 80 of NRSWA 1991 (which is, as of July 2025, also not yet in force). Section 59(4) substitutes a new Article 40 into SWNIO 1995. The new Article 40, like the new section 80 substituted into NRSWA 1991Act, addresses the scenario where a relevant person is executing works of any description in a street and finds an item of apparatus that does not belong to them.
	A person who fails to comply with paragraph (2) of the new Article 40, as with the equivalent provisions in the new section 80 inserted into NRSWA 1991, commits a criminal offence, which is triable summarily and, if convicted, can result in a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
	The provisions in the new Article 40 confer powers on the Secretary of State to prescribe certain matters through the making of regulations. Sub-paragraph (5) requires the Secretary of State to consult representatives of persons likely to be affected by the regulations and such other persons as the person making the regulations considers appropriate.
Part 3: National Underground Asset Register Section 59: Information in relation to apparatus: Northern Ireland