UK Act of Parliament
2015
United Kingdom
Infrastructure Act 2015
At a glance
Enforced by
What's here
16 compliance obligations, 2 practical guides · 3 statutory instruments
Who this Act binds
Business-side actors with duties under this Act, ranked by how often they appear.
- Any Person 1
- Employer 1
Plus 14 non-business duties on Crown ministers, regulators, local authorities or tribunals — shown collapsed under each section below.
Relevant guidance
Practical guides for businesses affected by this Act, ordered by how closely they engage with it.
Direct — cites this Act
2 guidesOther Acts binding the same actors
For each actor bound by this Act, the other UK Acts that bind them most often. Useful for understanding the full compliance landscape facing each role.
Any Person also bound by 2338 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- Human Medicines Regulations 2012 2012 169 duties
- Merchant Shipping Act 1995 1995 144 duties
- Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016 2016 101 duties
- Road Traffic Act 1988 1988 95 duties
- Air Navigation Order 2016 2016 95 duties
Employers also bound by 694 other Acts (top 5 shown)
- The Income Tax (Pay As You Earn) Regulations 2003 2003 236 duties
- Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 1998 120 duties
- TULRCA 1992 1992 72 duties
- Employment Rights (Northern Ireland) Order 1996 (current NI employment law) 1996 52 duties
- Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 2003 50 duties
What this Act requires
Sections that create concrete duties on businesses or carry penalties. Procedural and definitional sections are folded into the “Browse other sections” expander at the bottom of each group. Click any section title to read the source text on legislation.gov.uk.
Part 1 — Strategic highways companies
Areas and highways in an appointment
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must specify areas and roads for strategic highway companies Crown / Minister / Government department
Road Investment Strategy
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must set and manage the Road Investment Strategy Crown / Minister / Government department
General duties
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- National Highways must cooperate with planning and road authorities Statutory regulator
Monitor
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- ORR must monitor strategic highways companies and can demand information Statutory regulator
Monitor: compliance and fines
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- ORR may fine or issue enforcement notices to strategic highways companies Statutory regulator
Monitor: general duties
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- ORR must monitor and promote the performance of National Highways Statutory regulator
Periodic reports by the Secretary of State
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must publish reports on strategic highways companies Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 13 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Appointment of strategic highways companies
Route strategies
Directions and guidance
Delegation of functions
Exercise of delegated functions
Watchdog
Monitor: guidance
Transfer schemes
Tax consequences of transfers
Financial assistance
Transfer of additional functions
Consequential and transitional provision etc
Interpretation of Part 1
Part 2 — Cycling and Walking Investment Strategies
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 3 — Powers of British Transport Police Force
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 4 — Environmental control of animal and plant species
Browse 3 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 5 — Planning, land and buildings
Browse 12 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Timing of appointment of examining authority
Two-person Panels
Changes to, and revocation of, development consent orders
Deemed discharge of planning conditions
Mayoral development orders
Property etc transfers to the HCA and the GLA
Easements etc affecting land
Expenditure of Greater London Authority on housing or regeneration
Transfer of responsibility for local land charges to Land Registry
Conferral of additional powers on Land Registry
Transfer of power to nominate member of Rule Committee
Provision in building regulations for off-site carbon abatement measures
Part 6 — Energy
Advice on likely impact of onshore petroleum on the carbon budget
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must report on onshore petroleum impact on carbon budgets Crown / Minister / Government department
Onshore hydraulic fracturing: safeguards
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must ensure fracking safeguards are met before giving consent Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 14 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
The community electricity right
Supplementary provision
The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative
Maximising economic recovery of UK petroleum
Levy on holders of certain energy industry licences
Petroleum and geothermal energy: right to use deep-level land
Further provision about the right of use
Payment scheme
Notice scheme
Payment and notice schemes: supplementary provision
Interpretation
Renewable heat incentives
Reimbursement of persons who have met expenses of making electrical connections
Consequential provision
Part 7 — Public Works Loan Commissioners
Browse 1 other section in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Part 8 — General provisions
Browse 4 other sections in this Part — procedural / definitional / commencement
Schedules
Community electricity right regulations
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must issue regulations for community electricity rights Crown / Minister / Government department
Before section 176 insert— Consent of highway authority required for...
- Obtain consent before constructing access to a trunk road Any Person
(1) The Secretary of State must provide a strategic highways...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Secretary of State must provide Road Investment Strategy proposals to the strategic highways company Crown / Minister / Government department
(1) Where in accordance with a scheme a person employed...
- Treat employee transfers under statutory scheme as continuous employment Employer
For section 3 (registering authorities, local land charges registers, and...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Chief Land Registrar must maintain the local land charges register Statutory regulator
A local authority must provide the Chief Land Registrar with...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Local authorities must provide information to the Chief Land Registrar on request Local authority
(1) Right to buy regulations must require the offer to...
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Government must set minimum stake price in right-to-buy regulations Crown / Minister / Government department
Browse 272 other Schedules — structural / supplementary
Strategic highways companies: consequential and supplemental amendments
Mayoral development orders
The licensing levy
The Highways Act 1980 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 10 (general provision as to trunk roads) is...
(1) Schedule 9 (special provision as to certain orders) is...
In section 112G of the Transport Act 1985 (representations following...
In the Dartford-Thurrock Crossing Act 1988, after section 46 (interpretation)...
In section 44 (authorisation of use on roads of special...
(1) Section 247 of the Town and Country Planning Act...
In section 248 (highways crossing or entering route of proposed...
In section 254 (compulsory acquisition of land in connection with...
In section 256 (electronic communications apparatus: orders by Secretary of...
In section 336 (interpretation), in subsection (1)—
(1) Schedule 13 (blighted land) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 11 (local and private Act functions with respect...
The Environmental Protection Act 1990 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 89 (duty to keep land and highways clear...
(1) Section 98 (definitions) is amended as follows.
The New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 is amended...
In section 6 (toll orders), in subsection (2)—
(1) Section 12 (extension toll orders) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 26 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
In section 49 (the street authority and other relevant authorities),...
In section 63 (streets with special engineering difficulties), in subsection...
In section 74 (charge for occupation of the highway where...
In section 14 (powers as respects roads that cross or...
(1) Section 74A (charge determined by reference to duration of...
In section 86 (highway authorities, highways and related matters), after...
In section 106 (index of defined expressions)—
(1) Schedule 2 (procedure in connection with toll orders) is...
In Schedule 3 (street works licences), in paragraph 9—
The Transport Act 2000 is amended as follows.
In section 167 (trunk road charging schemes), in subsection (1)(a),...
In section 176 (equipment etc), after subsection (1) insert—
(1) Section 177 (traffic signs) is amended as follows.
The Traffic Management Act 2004 is amended as follows.
(1) Section 16 (general provision as to special roads) is...
(1) Section 1 (traffic officers: introduction) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 11 (uniform) is amended as follows.
In section 12 (power to charge for traffic officer services...
In section 15 (interpretation of Part 1), at the appropriate...
In the heading to Part 2, after “local traffic authorities”...
(1) Section 16 (the network management duty) is amended as...
In section 17 (arrangements for network management), in subsection (1),...
In section 18 (guidance to local authorities), in subsections (1)...
In section 19 (power to require information relating to network...
In section 20 (intervention notices), in subsections (1), (2)(b) and...
In section 18 (supplementary orders relating to special roads), in...
In section 21 (intervention orders), in subsections (1), (4), (5),...
In section 22 (appointment of traffic director: supplementary), in subsections...
In section 23 (monitoring and reporting), in subsections (1), (2)(b)...
In section 24 (intervention in activities of local traffic authority),...
(1) Section 25 (exercise of local traffic authority functions) is...
In section 26 (application of sections 20 to 25 to...
In section 30 (recovery of costs from local traffic authorities),...
(1) Section 31 (interpretation of Part 2) is amended as...
In section 33 (preparation of permit schemes), in subsections (1)...
(1) Section 60 (strategic roads in London: initial designation by...
In section 19 (certain special roads and other highways to...
In section 61 (orders of the Greater London Authority changing...
(1) Section 65 (duty of local highway authority to keep...
In Part 3 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Contingencies...
(1) Section 22 of the Planning Act 2008 (highways) is...
(1) Section 23 (compensation in respect of certain works executed...
(1) Section 24 (construction of new highways and provision of...
(1) Section 26 (compulsory powers for creation of footpaths, bridleways...
In section 38 (power of highway authorities to adopt by...
(1) Section 1 (highway authorities: general provision) is amended as...
(1) Section 41 (duty to maintain highways maintainable at public...
(1) Section 55 (extinguishment of liability to maintain or improve...
In section 63 (relief of main carriageway of trunk road...
In section 66 (footways and guard-rails etc for publicly maintainable...
In section 69 (subways), in subsection (2)(a), after “Minister” insert...
(1) Section 80 (power to fence highways) is amended as...
(1) Section 90C (consultation and local inquiries) is amended as...
(1) Section 93 (power to make orders as to reconstruction,...
In section 95 (supplemental provisions as to orders and agreements...
In section 97 (lighting of highways), in subsection (1), for...
In section 2 (highway authority for road which ceases to...
(1) Section 105A (environmental impact assessments) is amended as follows....
(1) Section 105B (procedure) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 105C (other EEA States) is amended as follows....
In section 105D (validity of decisions), in subsection (1), after...
(1) Section 106 (orders and schemes providing for construction of...
In section 108 (power to divert navigable watercourses), in subsection...
In section 110 (power to divert non-navigable watercourses and to...
(1) Section 112 (provision of picnic sites and public conveniences...
(1) Section 113 (exercise by council of functions of Minister...
(1) Section 124 (stopping up of private access to highways)...
(1) Section 3 (highway authority for approaches to and parts...
In section 129 (further provision with respect to new means...
In section 154 (cutting or felling etc trees etc that...
In section 174 (precautions to be taken by persons executing...
In section 232 (power to treat as a private street...
(1) Section 239 (acquisition of land for construction, improvement etc...
In section 240 (acquisition of land in connection with construction,...
(1) Section 245A (acquisition of land by Secretary of State...
In section 247 (general provision as to acquisition procedure etc),...
(1) Section 254 (compulsory acquisition for certain purposes of rights...
(1) Section 4 (agreement for exercise by Minister of certain...
(1) Section 260 (clearance of title to land acquired for...
In section 263 (vesting of highways maintainable at public expense),...
(1) Section 265 (transfer of property and liabilities upon a...
(1) Section 266 (transfer to Minister of privately maintainable bridges...
In section 266A (transfer of property and liabilities upon a...
(1) Section 267 (transfer to local highway authorities of privately...
(1) Section 271 (provisions with respect to transfer of toll...
(1) Section 277 (contribution towards maintenance of bridge where road...
(1) Section 284 (powers of Minister in relation to privately...
(1) Section 284A (trunk roads: miscellaneous functions of Secretary of...
(1) Section 5 (agreement for local highway authority to maintain...
(1) Section 329 (further provision as to interpretation) is amended...
In section 330 (construction of certain enactments relating to execution...
In section 331 (references to functions of council as respects...
(1) Schedule 1 (procedures for making or confirming certain orders...
In Schedule 3 (provisions of this Act referred to in...
(1) Schedule 5 (modifications of certain provisions of the Town...
(1) Schedule 11 (provisions as to orders under section 93...
(1) Schedule 21 (transitional matters arising where a highway becomes...
In Schedule 1 to the Public Records Act 1958, in...
In Schedule 2 to the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1967, at...
(1) Section 6 (delegation etc of functions with respect to...
The Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 is amended as follows....
(1) Section 1 (traffic regulation orders outside Greater London) is...
In section 2 (what a traffic regulation order may provide),...
In section 6 (orders similar to traffic regulation orders), in...
(1) Section 9 (experimental traffic orders) is amended as follows....
In section 16A (prohibition or restriction on roads in connection...
(1) Section 16B (restrictions on orders under s16A) is amended...
In section 19 (regulation of use of highways by public...
(1) Section 23 (powers of local authorities with respect to...
In section 24 (pedestrian crossings on trunk roads), in the...
(1) Section 8 (agreements between local highway authorities for doing...
In section 37 (extension of powers for purposes of general...
In section 58 (consents for the purposes of s 57(1)),...
(1) Section 65 (powers and duties of highway authorities as...
In section 69 (general provisions as to removal of signs),...
(1) Section 70 (default powers of Secretary of State as...
In section 71 (power to enter land in connection with...
(1) Section 74B (transfer of traffic control systems between Secretary...
In section 83 (provisions as to directions under s 82(2)),...
In section 84 (speed limits on roads other than restricted...
(1) Section 85 (traffic signs for indicating speed restrictions) is...
(1) Section 9 (seconding of staff etc) is amended as...
(1) Section 93 (powers of Secretary of State in relation...
(1) Section 94 (bollards and other constructions in Greater London)...
In section 100 (interim disposal of vehicles removed under section...
In section 101 (ultimate disposal of vehicles abandoned and removable...
(1) Section 102 (charges for removal, storage and disposal of...
(1) Section 121A (traffic authorities) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 122 (exercise of functions by local authorities) is...
In section 124A (GLA side roads), in subsection (4), after...
In section 124B (orders of the Authority changing what are...
In section 142 (general interpretation of Act), in subsection (1),...
Road Investment Strategy: procedure
(1) This Part specifies the procedure by which a Road...
(1) Having been provided with proposals under paragraph 2, the...
(1) Where the strategic highways company has agreed to proposals...
(1) Where the strategic highways company has made counter-proposals to...
(1) This paragraph applies where the Secretary of State is...
Transfer schemes
(1) The property, rights and liabilities to be transferred may...
(1) A third party is entitled to compensation in respect...
(1) The Secretary of State may direct a strategic highways...
(1) In this Schedule— “third party”, in relation to a...
(1) The property, rights and liabilities that may be transferred...
(1) A scheme may contain provision— (a) for the creation,...
(1) A scheme may contain provision for imposing on a...
(1) Where a scheme provides for the transfer of property,...
(1) A scheme may make provision for some or all...
(1) A scheme may— (a) make such incidental, supplemental, consequential...
(1) Where the transferor and transferee under a scheme that...
After section 61D of the Town and Country Planning Act...
In section 74(1ZA) (directions etc as to method of dealing...
In section 77(1) (reference of applications to the Secretary of...
In section 78(1)(c) (right of appeal against refusal of application...
In section 88(9) (provision for permission for development in enterprise...
In section 91(4)(a) (provisions about general condition limiting duration of...
(1) Section 108 (compensation for refusal etc of planning permission...
In section 109(6) (apportionment of compensation for depreciation: interpretation) in...
In section 171H(1)(a) (compensation for temporary stop notice: application where...
In section 264(5)(ca) (land which is treated as operational land...
(1) Section 303 (fees for planning applications etc) is amended...
The Town and Country Planning Act 1990 is amended as...
In section 305(1)(a) (contributions by Ministers towards compensation paid by...
In section 324 (rights of entry) after subsection (1A) insert—...
(1) Section 333 (regulations and orders) is amended as follows....
In section 336(1) (interpretation) at the appropriate place insert— “relevant...
In section 56(5)(a) (time when development begun where planning permission...
In section 57(3) (planning permission not required for normal use...
In section 58(1) (planning permission may be granted by development...
In section 62(2A) (applications for planning permission: references in subsections...
In section 65(3A) (notice etc of applications for planning permission:...
(1) Section 69 (register of applications etc) is amended as...
(1) Section 71 (consultations in connection with determinations under section...
Transfer of responsibility for local land charges to Land Registry
The Local Land Charges Act 1975 is amended as follows....
In section 12 (office copies as evidence) for “any local...
In section 13 (protection of solicitors, trustees etc) for “a...
(1) Omit section 13A (specification of fees by registering authorities...
(1) Section 14 (rules) is amended as follows.
In section 15(b) (expenses) for “a registering authority” substitute “...
(1) Section 16 (interpretation) is amended as follows.
In section 19(4) (transitional provision) omit the words from “In...
The Land Registration Act 2002 is amended as follows.
In section 100 (conduct of business) after subsection (2) insert—...
In section 106(1) (incidental powers of registrar in relation to...
In the italic heading before section 3 for “registers” substitute...
In paragraph 4 of Schedule 7 (indemnity for members of...
In section 198(1) of the Law of Property Act 1925...
In section 14 of the Requisitioned Land and War Works...
In section 25(3) of the Cheshire County Council Act 1953...
The Land Powers (Defence) Act 1958 is amended as follows....
In section 12 (extension of provisions of Requisitioned Land and...
In section 17 (registration of wayleave orders and restrictions under...
The Rights of Light Act 1959 is amended as follows....
(1) Section 2 (registration of notice in lieu of obstruction...
In section 3(2)(c) (period for which notice has effect)—
In section 7(1) (interpretation)— (a) for the definition of “prescribed”...
In consequence of the amendment made by paragraph 30(b), in...
In section 19(10) of the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 (registration...
In section 52(9) of the Land Compensation Act 1973 (registration...
In Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978 (words and...
In paragraph 9(a) of Schedule 9 to the Highways Act...
In section 2(4) of the Disused Burial Grounds (Amendment) Act...
In section 3(4) of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act...
In section 70(12) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban...
In Schedule 17 to the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994...
Omit section 4 (the appropriate local land charges register).
(1) Parts 1 and 3 of this Schedule have effect...
(1) This paragraph and paragraph 43 apply where Parts 1...
(1) The amendments in Part 1 of this Schedule to...
(1) In this Part of this Schedule— “local authority” means—...
(1) Section 5 (registration) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 6 (local authority's right to register a general...
(1) Section 8 (personal searches) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 9 (official searches) is amended as follows.
(1) Section 10 (compensation for non-registration or defective official search...
In this Schedule “right to buy regulations” means regulations under...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision about the...
(1) Right to buy regulations may make provision (including provision...
(1) Right to buy regulations may make provision about the...
In this Schedule “operator and ownership regulations” means regulations under...
If operator and ownership regulations specify two or more kinds...
(1) Operator and ownership regulations may require the constitution of...
(1) Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the...
(1) Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the...
(1) Operator and ownership regulations may make provision about the...
(1) Right to buy regulations must specify the kind, or...
In this Schedule “information regulations” means regulations under subsection (3)...
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of—
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of information...
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of information...
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of information...
Information regulations may make provision about the supply of information...
In this Schedule— “body” means an incorporated or unincorporated body...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision enabling those...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision enabling the...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision enabling the...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision enabling the...
(1) Right to buy regulations must specify the kinds of...
(1) Right to buy regulations must require the designated promoter...
(1) Right to buy regulations must make provision about setting...
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
The licensing levy
Official guidance
Authoritative sources published by regulators or government explaining this legislation.
- The environment, sustainable development and roads | Office of Rail and Road (opens in a new tab) from ORR Detailed Guidance
- Guidance on application for hydraulic fracturing consent (opens in a new tab) Publication
- Transport Focus - Road users watchdog (opens in a new tab) Other
- National Highways Corporate governance (opens in a new tab) Other
- National Highways licence monitoring and enforcement (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- The OGA Strategy (MER UK Strategy) (opens in a new tab) Other
- NSTA Legislative Context (opens in a new tab) Other
- National Highways - working on our network (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- Traffic Signs Manual Chapter 8 (DfT) (opens in a new tab) from DfT Publication
- Design Manual for Roads and Bridges (DMRB) (opens in a new tab) Detailed Guidance
- ... and 2 more
Enforcement and responsible bodies
The regulators that administer or enforce this legislation.
NSTA
PrimaryNorth Sea Transition Authority
Licenses and regulates the UK oil and gas, offshore hydrogen, and carbon storage industries. Issues petroleum production licences and CO2 storage licences. …
Government's housing delivery agency. Provides funding, land, and expertise to deliver new homes. Administers affordable housing programmes, Help to Buy, and strategic …
Government company responsible for operating, maintaining, and improving England's strategic road network (motorways and major A-roads). Sets standards for highway design, construction, …
Office of Rail and Road
Independent safety and economic regulator for Britain's railways. Regulates health and safety for the mainline rail network, London Underground, light rail, trams, …
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