- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 1 of 23 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 22 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Trader19
Statutory Undertaker1
Any Person1
Plus 2 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.
Other Acts binding the same actors
If a role above is yours, these are the other instruments that most often bind it.
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Value Added Tax Regulations 1995
416 duties
Companies Act 2006
243 duties
Companies Act 1985
85 duties
Statutory Undertaker — also bound by 179 other Acts
The Cory Decarbonisation Project Order 2025
120 duties
Water Industry Act 1991
53 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Human Medicines Regulations 2012
184 duties
Merchant Shipping Act 1995
144 duties
Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
104 duties
Communications Act 2003
92 duties
Road Traffic Act 1988
92 duties
What it requires
Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.
s.art010
Construction and maintenance of new or altered streets
Regulated
- Complete and maintain new or altered streets to highway authority's satisfactionTrader
s.art025
Acquisition of part of certain properties
Regulated
- Pay compensation for loss when acquiring only part of a propertyTrader
s.art028
Power to transfer undertaking
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Notify Secretary of State of revesting of property or functions within 21 daysLocal authority
s.art038
Maintenance of approved works etc.
Prosecution
- Use approved railway equipment in unapproved conditionAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
s.art041
Certification of plans etc.
Regulated
- Company must submit plans to Secretary of State for certificationTrader
39 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.art001
Citation and commencement
s.art002
Interpretation
s.art003
Incorporation of Railways Clauses Acts
s.art004
Power to construct works
s.art005
Power to deviate
s.art006
Power to execute street works
s.art007
Stopping up of streets and extinguishment of rights
s.art008
Temporary stopping up of streets
s.art009
Access to works
s.art011
Construction and maintenance of bridges
s.art012
Agreements with street authorities
s.art013
Use of existing works at Surrey Canal Road
s.art014
Discharge of water
s.art015
Safeguarding works to buildings
s.art016
Power to survey and investigate land
s.art017
Planning permission: supplementary matters
s.art018
Power to acquire land
s.art019
Application of Part I of the Compulsory Purchase Act 1965
s.art020
Application of the Compulsory Purchase (Vesting Declarations) Act 1981
s.art021
Powers to acquire new rights
s.art022
Rights under streets
s.art023
Temporary use of land for construction of works
s.art024
Disregard of certain interests and improvements
s.art026
Extinction or suspension of private rights of way
s.art027
Time limit for exercise of powers of acquisition
s.art029
Agreements with
s.art030
Obstruction to construction
s.art031
Proceedings in respect of statutory nuisance
s.art032
Control of construction sites: appeals
s.art033
Statutory undertakers
s.art034
Protective provisions
s.art035
As to application of certain railway enactments
s.art036
For the protection of Railtrack
s.art037
For the protection of
s.art039
Public open space
s.art040
Disapplication of land designated as a strategic freight site
s.art042
Service of notices
s.art043
No double recovery
s.art044
Arbitration
Schedules
Schedules
18 of 75 shown
s.sch009
(1) Where a street is stopped up under article 7...
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Company must pay utility relocation costs when street is stopped upCrown / Minister / Government department
s.sch010
(1) Where, by reason of the stopping up of any...
Regulated
- Pay for or replace utility apparatus made derelict by highway stopping upTrader
s.sch010
(1) Before commencing the construction or removal of any specified...
Regulated
- Submit plans to sewerage undertaker and obtain approval before starting specified worksTrader
s.sch010
(1) The specified work shall be constructed, and in the...
Regulated
- Construct specified work to approved plans and comply with sewerage undertaker's requirementsTrader
s.sch010
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this Part of...
Regulated
- Pay for damage to sewers and drains caused by your construction workTrader
s.sch010
The Company shall, so far as is reasonably practicable, so...
Regulated
- Avoid obstructing sewer access during construction worksTrader
s.sch010
As soon as reasonably practicable after the completion of the...
Regulated
- Deliver as-built plans and sections of completed works to the undertakerTrader
s.sch010
(1) The Company, in the case of the powers conferred...
Regulated
- Avoid obstructing utility access and pay for any damage causedTrader
s.sch010
Nothwithstanding anything in this Order or shown on the deposited...
Regulated
- Company must not acquire apparatus without agreementTrader
s.sch010
(1) If the Company, in the exercise of the powers...
Regulated
- Construct alternative apparatus and remove old apparatus when required by the CompanyStatutory Undertaker
s.sch010
(1) Not less than 28 days before commencing to execute...
Regulated
- Submit work plans to undertakers before starting works near their apparatusTrader
s.sch010
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
Regulated
- Pay costs and compensation to utility undertakers for apparatus affected by worksTrader
s.sch011
The Company shall at all times afford reasonable facilities to...
Regulated
- Allow engineer access to specified works and provide construction informationTrader
s.sch011
The Company shall repay to Railtrack PLC all reasonable costs,...
Regulated
- Repay Railtrack's reasonable costs for specified works and protective worksTrader
s.sch011
The exercise by the Company against Railtrack of the powers...
Regulated
- Company must limit use of certain powers against Railtrack to land without consent requirementTrader
s.sch011
The Company shall, before commencing the construction of the specified...
Regulated
- Submit construction plans for approval before starting workTrader
s.sch011
Upon signifying his approval or disapproval of the plans the...
Regulated
- Carry out protective works required by engineer before starting constructionTrader
s.sch012
(1) Any liability of the undertaker under paragraph 17 above...
Regulated
- Notify the undertaker immediately of any claim and do not settle without consentTrader
57 other schedules
s.sch007
The enactments for the time being in force with respect...
s.sch007
(1) Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph 1 above,...
s.sch007
(1) The 1965 Act shall have effect with the modifications...
s.sch007
For section 7 of the 1965 Act (measure of compensation)...
s.sch007
For section 8 of the 1965 Act (which relates to...
s.sch007
The following provisions of the 1965 Act (which state the...
s.sch007
Section 11 of the 1965 Act (powers of entry) shall...
s.sch007
Section 20 of the 1965 Act (protection for interests of...
s.sch007
Section 22 of the 1965 Act (protection of acquiring authority’s...
s.sch009
(1) Sections 271 to 274 of the 1990 Act (power...
s.sch009
(1) Subject to the following provisions of this paragraph, the...
s.sch010
(1) For the protection of the several undertakers referred to...
s.sch010
Any difference arising between the Company and the undertakers under...
s.sch010
Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect the...
s.sch010
(1) For the protection of sewerage undertakers the following provisions...
s.sch010
(1) An officer of the undertaker duly appointed for the...
s.sch010
(1) Notwithstanding the temporary stopping up or diversion of any...
s.sch010
Notwithstanding the temporary stopping up or diversion of any highway...
s.sch010
Any difference arising between the Company and the undertaker under...
s.sch010
Nothing in this Part of this Schedule shall affect the...
s.sch010
(1) Where, in accordance with the provisions of this Part...
s.sch010
Where, by reason of this Order, any part of any...
s.sch011
(1) For the protection of Railtrack the following provisions shall,...
s.sch011
The construction of the specified works and of any protective...
s.sch011
Nothing in paragraph 10 shall impose any liability on the...
s.sch011
During the construction of any works by Railtrack PLC under...
s.sch011
If any alterations or additions, either permanent or temporary, to...
s.sch011
If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property...
s.sch011
The Company shall be responsible for, and make good to...
s.sch011
(1) Any liability of the Company under paragraph 17 above...
s.sch011
(1) The sums payable by the Company under paragraph 17...
s.sch011
Nothing in paragraph 19 above shall entitle Railtrack or any...
s.sch011
In the assessment of compensation payable under this Schedule there...
s.sch011
Any difference arising between the Company and Railtrack under this...
s.sch011
(1) The Company shall not in the exercise of the...
s.sch011
(1) Subject to sub-paragraph (3) below, the Company shall not...
s.sch011
The engineer’s approval under paragraph 5 above shall not be...
s.sch011
If within 56 days after such plans have been furnished...
s.sch011
The Company shall give to the engineer not less than...
s.sch012
(1) For the protection of the Company the following provisions...
s.sch012
The construction of the specified works and of any protective...
s.sch012
Nothing in paragraph 10 above shall impose any liability on...
s.sch012
The undertaker shall at all times afford reasonable facilities to...
s.sch012
During the construction of any works by LUL under this...
s.sch012
If any alterations or additions, either permanent or temporary, to...
s.sch012
If the cost of maintaining, working or renewing railway property...
s.sch012
The undertaker shall repay to LUL all reasonable costs, charges...
s.sch012
The undertaker shall be responsible for, and make good to...
s.sch012
Any difference arising between the undertaker and the Company under...
s.sch012
The exercise by the undertaker against the Company of the...
s.sch012
(1) The undertaker shall not in the exercise of the...
s.sch012
(1) The undertaker shall not pursuant to the powers of...
s.sch012
The undertaker shall, before commencing the construction of the specified...
s.sch012
The engineer’s approval under paragraph 5 above shall not be...
s.sch012
If within 56 days after such plans have been furnished...
s.sch012
Upon signifying his approval or disapproval of the plans the...
s.sch012
The undertaker shall give to the engineer not less than...
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