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Article 3 of this Order brings into force on 14th July 1992 the following provisions of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991.

Section 48 (streets, street works and undertakers);

Section 49 (the street authority and other relevant authorities);

Section 52 (emergency works);

Section 53(4), (5) and (6) (arrangements and regulations by the Secretary of State for the street works register);

Section 54 (advance notice of certain works);

Section 56 (power to give directions as to timing of street works);

Section 59(3) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to duty of street authority to co-ordinate works);

Section 60(2) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to general duty of undertakers to co-operate);

Section 62 (supplementary provisions as to designation of protected streets);

Sections 63 and 64 (streets with special engineering difficulties and traffic-sensitive streets);

Section 65(3) (duty of Secretary of State to issue or approve codes of practice relating to safety measures);

Section 67 (qualifications of supervisors and trained operatives);

Section 70(4) (power of Secretary of State to prescribe longer period than that set out in the subsection for permanent reinstatement following interim reinstatement);

Section 71 (power of Secretary of State to prescribe materials, standards of workmanship and performance and to issue or approve codes of practice relating to reinstatement);

Section 75 (inspection fees);

Section 81(3) and (4) (power of Secretary of State to make regulations concerning inspection and maintenance of apparatus);

Section 84(2) (power of Secretary of State to issue or approve code of practice relating to measures necessary where apparatus affected by major works);

Section 85 (power of Secretary of State to make regulations as to sharing of cost of such necessary measures);

Sections 86 and 87 (highway authorities, highways and related matters and prospectively maintainable highways);

Sections 97, 98 and 99 (service of notices and other documents, reckoning of periods and arbitration);

Sections 104, 105 and 106 (regulations, minor definitions and index of defined expressions);

Section 167(4) and (5) (application to the Crown);

Schedule 4 (streets with special engineering difficulties).

The following provisions of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 have been brought into force by commencement orders made before the date of this Order.

Provision	Date of Commencement	S.I. No.
Part II (except sections 43 and 44)	21st October 1991	1991/2286
Section 166 (partially Scotland)
Section 167 (partially Scotland)
Section 168 (partially Scotland)
Schedule 8 (partially Scotland)
Schedule 9 (partially Scotland)
Sections 43 and 44	1st November 1991
Section 168 (partially Scotland)
Schedule 8 (partially Scotland)
Schedule 9 (partially Scotland)
Part I	1st November 1991	1991/2288
Section 166 (1) (England and Wales)
Section 167 (1), (2), (3) and (6) (England and Wales)
Section 168 (partially)
Sections 169(1), 170 and 171
Schedule 8, Part II (England and Wales)
Schedule 8, Part IV (partially)
Schedule 9 (partially) (England and Wales)