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(b) | for which a permit under the London Lorry Ban Order will be |
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(2) | The person may apply for a permit under the Order for the journey by giving |
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the details mentioned in sub-paragraph (3) to the authority concerned by |
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telephone or by means of facsimile transmission. |
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(3) | The details referred to above are— |
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(a) | the identity of the applicant, |
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(b) | a number on which he can be contacted by telephone or by means of |
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(c) | the registration number of the vehicle to which the application |
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(d) | the authorised works in connection with which the journey is to be |
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(e) | whether any approved arrangements are relevant to the application |
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and, if so, what they are, |
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(f) | the date when the journey is proposed to be undertaken, and |
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(g) | if it is proposed to stop anywhere in Greater London for the purpose |
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of making a delivery or collection, the place or places at which, and |
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the time or times when, it is proposed to stop for that purpose. |
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“approved arrangements”, “authorised works” and “the London Lorry |
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Ban Order” have the same meanings as in paragraph 11; |
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“working day” means any day which is not a Saturday or Sunday, |
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Christmas Day, Good Friday or a bank holiday in England and |
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Wales under the Banking and Financial Dealings Act 1971 (c. 80). |
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13 (1) | An authority responsible for dealing with applications for permits under the |
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London Lorry Ban Order shall make arrangements enabling applications |
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under paragraph 12 to be made at any time. |
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(2) | Once an application for a permit has been made under paragraph 12, then, |
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for the purpose of any relevant journey, the application shall be treated as |
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granted subject to such conditions as the Secretary of State may by order |
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specify for the purposes of this provision. |
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(3) | A journey is a relevant journey for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2) if it is |
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begun before the authority to which the application is made has |
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communicated its decision on the application to the applicant by telephone |
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or by means of facsimile transmission. |
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(4) | The power to make an order under sub-paragraph (2) includes— |
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(a) | power to make different provision for different cases, and |
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(b) | power to make an order varying or revoking any order previously |
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made under that provision. |
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(5) | In this paragraph, “the London Lorry Ban Order” has the same meaning as |
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Works under streets in Greater London |
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14 | The following provisions of the Greater London Council (General Powers) |
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(a) | section 5(1) (consent of borough council required for demolition of |
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(b) | section 6(1) (consent of borough council required for works |
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preventing access to premises under a street), and |
| |
(c) | section 7(1) (consent of borough council required for infilling in |
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premises under a street), |
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| shall not apply to anything done in exercise of the powers conferred by this |
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Act with respect to works. |
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New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 |
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15 (1) | The powers conferred by section 56(1) and (1A) of the New Roads and Street |
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Works Act 1991 (c. 22) (powers to give directions as to the timing of |
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proposed and subsisting street works) shall not apply in relation to works |
| |
proposed to be, or being, carried out under the powers conferred by this Act. |
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(2) | Section 56A of that Act (power to give directions as to placing of apparatus) |
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shall not apply in relation to the placing of apparatus in exercise of any of |
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the powers conferred by this Act. |
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(3) | No restriction under section 58(1) of that Act (power to impose restriction on |
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execution of street works in the twelve months following completion of |
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substantial road works) shall have effect in relation to works carried out |
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under the powers conferred by this Act. |
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(4) | Section 61(1) of that Act (under which the consent of the street authority is |
| |
required for the placing of apparatus in a protected street) shall not apply to |
| |
the placing of apparatus in exercise of any of the powers conferred by this |
| |
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(5) | Section 62(2) of that Act (power following designation of protected street to |
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require removal or repositioning of apparatus already placed in the street) |
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shall not apply in relation to apparatus placed in exercise of the powers |
| |
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(6) | Section 62(4) of that Act (power when designation as protected street |
| |
commences or ceases to give directions with respect to works in progress) |
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shall not apply in relation to works being carried out under the powers |
| |
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(7) | Section 63(1) of that Act (under which Schedule 4 to that Act has effect for |
| |
requiring the settlement of a plan and section of street works to be executed |
| |
in a street designated by the street authority as having special engineering |
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difficulties) shall not apply in relation to works to be executed under the |
| |
powers conferred by this Act. |
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(8) | The power conferred by section 73A(1) of that Act (power to require |
| |
undertaker to re-surface street) may not be exercised in relation to an |
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undertaker who is within subsection (2) of that section because of— |
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(a) | having given a notice in respect of works proposed to be carried out |
| |
under the powers conferred by this Act, or |
| |
(b) | executing, or having executed, works under those powers. |
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(9) | No contribution shall be payable under section 78A(1)(b) of that Act |
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(contributions by other undertakers to costs incurred in executing works |
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specified in a re-surfacing notice) because of the execution of works under |
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the powers conferred by this Act. |
| |
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(10) | Schedule 3A to that Act (restriction on works following substantial street |
| |
works) shall not apply where a notice under section 54 (advance notice of |
| |
certain works) or 55 (notice of starting date of works) of that Act is in respect |
| |
of works to be executed under the powers conferred by this Act. |
| |
(11) | No notice under paragraph 2(1)(d) of that Schedule (power by notice to |
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require notification of works which an undertaker proposes to carry out in a |
| |
part of a highway to which a proposed restriction applies) shall have effect |
| |
to require the notification of works proposed to be carried out under the |
| |
powers conferred by this Act. |
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(12) | No directions under paragraph 3 of that Schedule (directions as to the date |
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on which undertakers may begin to execute proposed works) may be issued |
| |
to the nominated undertaker. |
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(13) | Paragraph 3(4) of that Schedule (under which it is an offence for an |
| |
undertaker to execute street works before the completion of certain other |
| |
street works) shall not apply in relation to the execution of works under the |
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powers conferred by this Act. |
| |
(14) | Paragraph 5(1) of that Schedule (effect of direction under paragraph 4 |
| |
restricting further works) shall not apply in relation to the execution of |
| |
works under the powers conferred by this Act. |
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Communication with public sewers in London |
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16 | Section 106(8) of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (which qualifies the |
| |
general right to communicate with the public sewers of a sewerage |
| |
undertaker) shall not apply where the proposed communication involves a |
| |
drain or sewer serving Crossrail. |
| |
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17 (1) | No notice under section 1(2) or (5) of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (c. 40) |
| |
(notice before building on line of junction with adjoining land) shall be |
| |
required before the building of any wall in exercise of the powers conferred |
| |
| |
(2) | Sections 1(6) and 2 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (rights of adjoining |
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owners) shall not have effect to confer rights in relation to— |
| |
(a) | anything held by the Secretary of State or the nominated undertaker |
| |
and used, or intended for use, by the nominated undertaker for the |
| |
purposes of its undertaking under this Act, or |
| |
(b) | land on which there is any such thing. |
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(3) | Section 6 of the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 (underpinning of adjoining |
| |
buildings) shall not apply in relation to a proposal to excavate, or excavate |
| |
for and erect anything, in exercise of the powers conferred by this Act. |
| |
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Burial grounds: removal of human remains and monuments |
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1 (1) | Before removing from the land in question any remains or any monument |
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to the deceased, the nominated undertaker shall— |
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(a) | publish in each of two successive weeks in a newspaper circulating |
| |
in the area where the land is situated, and |
| |
(b) | at the same time leave displayed in a conspicuous place on or near |
| |
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| a notice complying with sub-paragraph (2). |
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(2) | A notice under sub-paragraph (1) shall— |
| |
(a) | identify the land to which it relates, |
| |
(b) | set out in general terms the effect of paragraphs 2 to 5, |
| |
(c) | state where, and in what form, an application under paragraph 2(1) |
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(d) | state how the nominated undertaker proposes to carry out its |
| |
functions under this Schedule with respect to the disposal of the |
| |
| |
(3) | No notice shall be required under sub-paragraph (1) before the removal of |
| |
any remains or any monument to the deceased where the Secretary of State |
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notifies the nominated undertaker that he is satisfied— |
| |
(a) | that the remains were interred more than 100 years ago, and |
| |
(b) | that no relative or personal representative of the deceased is likely to |
| |
object to the remains or monument being removed in accordance |
| |
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(4) | No notice shall be required under sub-paragraph (1) before the removal of |
| |
any remains or any monument to the deceased if— |
| |
(a) | there is in force under section 25 of the Burial Act 1857 (c. 81) (bodies |
| |
not to be removed from burial grounds without licence of the |
| |
Secretary of State) a licence relating to the remains, and |
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(b) | the holder of the licence is the nominated undertaker or a body |
| |
corporate which is a member of the same group as the nominated |
| |
| |
(5) | In sub-paragraph (4)(b), “group” means a body corporate and all other |
| |
bodies corporate which are its subsidiaries within the meaning of the |
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Companies Act 1985 (c. 6). |
| |
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2 (1) | In the case of remains in relation to which paragraph 1(1) applies, the |
| |
nominated undetaker shall issue a licence for the removal of the remains if— |
| |
(a) | it receives an application in writing from a relative or personal |
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representative of the deceased, and |
| |
(b) | the application is received before the end of the 56 days after the day |
| |
on which notice relating to the remains is first published under |
| |
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(2) | In the case of remains in relation to which paragraph 1(3) applies, the |
| |
nominated undertaker shall issue a licence for the removal of the remains |
| |
| |
(a) | it receives an application in writing from a relative or personal |
| |
representative of the deceased, and |
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(b) | the application is received before the nominated undertaker has |
| |
removed the remains under paragraph 3(1). |
| |
(3) | For the purposes of sub-paragraphs (1) and (2), a person shall be taken to be |
| |
a relative or personal representative of the deceased if the nominated |
| |
undertaker is satisfied that he is or the county court has declared that he is. |
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(4) | A licensee under this paragraph may remove the remains to which the |
| |
licence relates and reinter them elsewhere or cremate them. |
| |
(5) | The reasonable costs of removal and reinterment or cremation under this |
| |
paragraph shall be paid by the nominated undertaker. |
| |
(6) | An application for a declaration for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) shall |
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be made to the county court for the district in which the remains are interred. |
| |
(7) | In this paragraph, references to a relative of the deceased are to a person |
| |
| |
(a) | is a husband, wife, parent, grandparent, child or grandchild of the |
| |
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(b) | is, or is a child of, a brother, sister, uncle or aunt of the deceased. |
| |
3 (1) | In the case of remains in relation to which paragraph 1(1) or (3) applies, the |
| |
nominated undertaker may remove the remains unless— |
| |
(a) | it is required under paragraph 2(1) or (2) to issue a licence for their |
| |
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(b) | not more than 28 days have passed since the issue under that |
| |
provision of such a licence. |
| |
(2) | In the case of remains in relation to which paragraph 1(4) applies, the |
| |
nominated undertaker may remove the remains and, if it does so, shall be |
| |
treated for the purposes of this Act as acting under this paragraph and not |
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under the licence under the Burial Act 1857 (c. 81). |
| |
(3) | The nominated undertaker shall reinter any remains removed under this |
| |
paragraph in a burial ground or cremate them in a crematorium. |
| |
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4 (1) | Where a licence to remove any remains is issued under paragraph 2(1) or (2), |
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the licensee may remove from the land any monument to the deceased and |
| |
re-erect it elsewhere or otherwise dispose of it. |
| |
(2) | The reasonable costs of removal and re-erection under sub-paragraph (1) |
| |
shall be paid by the nominated undertaker. |
| |
5 (1) | Where the nominated undertaker removes any remains under paragraph 3, |
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it may also remove from the land any monument to the deceased. |
| |
(2) | Where any remains are removed under a licence under paragraph 2(1) or (2), |
| |
the nominated undertaker may remove from the land any monument to the |
| |
deceased which is not removed by the licensee within 28 days of the issue of |
| |
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(3) | Where any remains are removed under a licence under section 25 of the |
| |
Burial Act 1857 (c. 81), the nominated undertaker may remove from the land |
| |
any monument to the deceased which is not removed by the licensee. |
| |
(4) | The nominated undertaker may remove any monument removed under this |
| |
paragraph to the place, if any, where the remains of the deceased are |
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interred or to some other appropriate place. |
| |
(5) | The nominated undertaker shall break and deface any monument removed |
| |
under this paragraph which is not dealt with under sub-paragraph (4). |
| |
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6 (1) | Where any remains are removed under this Schedule, the nominated |
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undertaker shall, within two months of the removal, provide the Registrar |
| |
General with a certificate which— |
| |
(a) | identifies the remains, so far as practicable, |
| |
(b) | states the date on which, and the place from which, the remains were |
| |
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(c) | states the date and place of reinterment or cremation. |
| |
(2) | Where any monument is removed under this Schedule, the nominated |
| |
undertaker shall, within two months of the removal— |
| |
(a) | deposit with the local authority in whose area the monument was |
| |
situated prior to the removal a record which— |
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(i) | identifies the monument, |
| |
(ii) | gives any inscription on it, |
| |
(iii) | states the date on which, and the place from which, it was |
| |
| |
(iv) | states the place, if any, to which it was moved or how it was |
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(b) | provide the Registrar General with a copy of the record deposited |
| |
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(3) | The nominated undertaker may require any person who removes remains or |
| |
a monument under this Schedule to provide it with any information about |
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the remains or monument removed which it needs to comply with sub- |
| |
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(4) | In sub-paragraph (2)(a), “local authority” means— |
| |
(a) | in relation to a monument that was situated in the area of a unitary |
| |
authority, that authority, and |
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(b) | in relation to a monument that was not situated in the area of a |
| |
unitary authority, the district council for the area. |
| |
| |
7 (1) | Where the nominated undertaker removes remains in relation to the |
| |
removal of which a licence has been granted under paragraph 2(1) or (2), it |
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shall carry out in accordance with the reasonable requests of the licensee— |
| |
(a) | its functions under paragraph 3 with respect to disposal of the |
| |
| |
(b) | if it removes any monument to the deceased, the functions under |
| |
paragraph 5 with respect to disposal of the monument. |
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(2) | The Secretary of State may give such directions as he thinks fit with respect |
| |
to the carrying out of any function under this Schedule. |
| |
(3) | No licence shall be required under section 25 of the Burial Act 1857 (c. 81) for |
| |
the removal under this Schedule of any remains. |
| |
(4) | Nothing in any enactment relating to burial grounds and no obligation or |
| 5 |
restriction imposed under ecclesiastical law or otherwise shall have effect to |
| |
prohibit, restrict or impose any condition on the removal under this |
| |
Schedule of any remains or monument. |
| |
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Protection for highways and traffic |
| |
1 (1) | The following provisions of this Part shall, unless otherwise agreed in |
| |
writing between the nominated undertaker and the highway authority |
| |
concerned, have effect for the protection of highway authorities. |
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| |
"plans" includes sections and specifications; and |
| |
"property of the highway authority" means any apparatus of the |
| |
highway authority affixed to or placed under any highway. |
| |
(3) | Part 3 of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 (c. 22) shall not apply in |
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relation to any matter which is regulated by this Part. |
| |
2 | Wherever in this Part provision is made with respect to the approval or |
| |
consent of the highway authority, that approval or consent shall be in |
| |
writing and subject to such reasonable terms and conditions as the highway |
| |
authority may require, but shall not be unreasonably withheld. |
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3 | In exercising the powers conferred by this Act in relation to any highway the |
| |
nominated undertaker shall have regard to the potential disruption of traffic |
| |
which may be caused and shall seek to minimise such disruption so far as is |
| |
| |
4 | The nominated undertaker shall not, without the consent of the highway |
| 30 |
authority, construct any part of the works authorised by this Act under and |
| |
within 8 metres of the surface of any highway which comprises a |
| |
carriageway except in accordance with plans submitted to, and approved |
| |
by, the highway authority; and if within 28 days after such plans have been |
| |
submitted the highway authority has not approved or disapproved them, it |
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shall be deemed to have approved the plans as submitted. |
| |
5 | In the construction of any part of the said works under a highway no part of |
| |
it shall, except with the consent of the highway authority, be so constructed |
| |
as to interfere with the provision of proper means of drainage of the surface |
| |
of the highway or be nearer than two metres to the surface of the highway. |
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6 (1) | The provisions of this paragraph have effect in relation to, and to the |
| |
construction of, any new bridge, or any extension or alteration of an existing |
| |
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| |
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