263.Section 255 - 256: Charges for Streetworks on highways. Section 255 inserts a new section 74A into the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, and allows Ministers to make regulations which would permit highway authorities to charge undertakers (such as gas, water or telecommunications companies) carrying out street works for occupying the highway from the commencement of works. The detailed arrangements for operating such a charging system would be set out in the regulations.
264.Section 256 makes a number of amendments to section 74 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, which provides for Ministers to issue regulations permitting highway authorities to charge undertakers where they fail to complete street works by an agreed deadline. Again, the detailed arrangements for operating such a system would be set out in the regulations.
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