What is a permit scheme?
Permit schemes provide a way to manage activities in the public highway. They were introduced by Part 3 of the Traffic Management Act 2004 (TMA) to improve authorities’ abilities to minimise disruption from street and highway works.
What is a PAA in streetworks?
Provisional Advanced Authorisation The application for a PAA should include a description of the work you want to carry out and the expected start and end dates. Each application is limited to one street.
What is a Section 74?
Section 74 of NRSWA allows highway authorities to charge undertakers if street works are unreasonably prolonged (ie take longer than previously agreed). The regulations, The Street Works (Charges for Unreasonably Prolonged.
What are Streetworks?
Street Works or Works for Road purposes that involve. (a) Involve the breaking up or resurfacing any street, (see below for pole testing and. coring involving excavation). (b) Involve opening the carriageway or cycleway of traffic-sensitive streets at traffic- sensitive times.
What is a Section 50 Licence?
A section 50 licence is a permit for a private person or organisation to install a new apparatus or work on an existing apparatus across or along a public highway.
What is the New Roads and Streetworks Act?
The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA), supported by relevant Regulations and Codes of Practice, provides a legislative framework for street works by undertakers (including utility companies) and works for road purposes – to the extent that these must be co-ordinated by street authorities.
What is a Section 58?
The Section 58 prevents statutory undertakers from digging up the road for a period of between three to five years after the road has been resurfaced or reconstructed, unless the work is an emergency or needed to provide a new customer service.
What is Nrswa module accreditations?
1. Section 67(1) and (2) of The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (NRSWA) requires undertakers to ensure that work that involves breaking up of the street or tunnelling or boring under the street is controlled by competent people.
What is a section 171 licence?
A Section 171 (temporary excavation) licence is for carrying out excavation on a public road or pavement, without installing apparatus. Utility companies (water, gas, electricity and telecoms) can legally do work without a licence. Anyone else will need to apply.
What is a section 278?
A section 278 agreement (or s278) is a section of the Highways Act 1980 that allows developers to enter into a legal agreement with the council (in our capacity as the Highway Authority) to make permanent alterations or improvements to a public highway, as part of a planning approval.
What is section 58 Highways Act?
What is a Section 50 licence?
What is a a code of practice?
A Code of Practice is a practical guide, approved under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011. About the Codes of Practice Each Code covers an issue or situation and: offers ways to identify and manage risks
What is the Code of practice for street works and works?
The Code of Practice for the Co-ordination of Street Works and Works for Road Purposes and Related Matters HAUC (England) Edition together with version 1.1 of the HAUC (England) Guidance for the Operation of Permit Schemes, which has been modified to accommodate Street Manager, are now both published.
Is an Approved Code of practice admissible in court?
An approved Code of Practice is admissible in court proceedings. Courts may: regard an approved Code as evidence of what is known about a hazard, a risk, a risk assessment or control rely on a Code to determine what is reasonably practicable in the circumstances.
