SCHEDULE 4 Other Powers etc of Licence Holders
Electricity Act 1989 (1989 c 29) | Legislation

SCHEDULE 4 Other Powers etc of Licence Holders

Section 10(1)

Street works etc in England and Wales

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(1)     Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, for any purpose connected with the carrying on of the activities which he is authorised by his licence to carry on, a licence holder may execute—

(a)     the following kinds of works, that is to say, installing under, over, in, on, along or across any street and from time to time inspecting, maintaining, adjusting, repairing, altering, replacing or removing—

(i)     any electric lines or electrical plant; and

(ii)     any structures for housing or covering any such lines or plant; and

(b)     any works requisite for or incidental to the purposes of any works falling within paragraph (a) above, including for those purposes—

(i)     opening or breaking up any street or any sewers, drains or tunnels within or under any street;

(ii)     tunnelling or boring under any street; and

(iii)     removing or using all earth and materials in or under any street;

but nothing in this sub-paragraph shall empower a licence holder to lay down or place any electric line or electrical plant into, through or against any building,

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