- Status
- In Force
- Penalty ceiling
- Prosecution 2 of 19 obligations carry a fine up to £1,000. 1 carries different penalties and 16 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.
Does it bind you?
Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.
Any Person6
Plus 13 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.
Any Person — also bound by 2684 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
Sections 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.008
Further provisions as to tramways (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Get Executive consent before altering road levels where a tramway is laidAny Person
s.014
Plans to be approved by Secretary of State before works commenced (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must submit railway works plans to Secretary of State for approvalLocal authority
s.015
Gauge of railways and restrictions on working (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must obtain Secretary of State approval and run tramway to approved standardsLocal authority
s.016
Operation and use of tramways (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Use tramway rails without consentAny Person
Fine up to £500
s.020
Provisions as to repair of highways (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Maintain altered highways for 12 months after completionLocal authority
s.024
Provisions as to use of electrical energy (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must use safe electrical returns and prevent damage to underground pipes and cablesLocal authority
s.029
Disregard of recent improvements and interests (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Tribunal must disregard interests and improvements made to inflate compensationTribunal / Court
s.037
Notice to police, etc (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must give 14 days' notice before breaking up a highwayLocal authority
s.038
As to highways, traffic, etc (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must coordinate with highway authority on public highway worksLocal authority
s.039
For protection of British Railways Board (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must protect British Railways Board property during Supertram worksLocal authority
s.040
For protection of public sewers (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must protect public sewers during specified worksLocal authority
s.041
For protection of certain statutory undertakers (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must protect statutory undertakers' apparatus during Supertram worksLocal authority
s.043
Removal of human remains (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must remove human remains from specified land before constructionLocal authority
s.049
Document to be issued in connection with penalty fare requirement (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Give passengers a receipt or notice when charging a penalty fareAny Person
s.050
Notice of penalty fare provisions (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must display penalty-fare warning notices at stops and on tramsLocal authority
s.057
Removal of obstructions (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
- Remove your vehicle or fallen load if it blocks a tramwayAny Person
s.061
Intentional obstruction of works or operation of tramways (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Intentionally obstruct tramway works or tramsAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
s.062
For better prevention of trespass on railways (opens in a new tab)
Prosecution
- Trespass on fenced-off railway lines or near electrical equipmentAny Person
Fine up to £1,000
s.068
Restoration of streets if tramway discontinued (opens in a new tab)
Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
- Executive must restore streets if tramway permanently discontinuedLocal authority
52 other provisions — procedural and definitional
Schedules
Schedules
0 of 4 shown4 other schedules
s.sch004
For section 7 of the Act of 1965 (measure of...
s.sch004
For section 8 (1) of the Act of 1965 (protection...
s.sch004
The following provisions of the Act of 1965 (being provisions...
s.sch004
Section 11 of the Act of 1965 (powers of entry)...
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