Clause 47 - Duty to inspect records
Traffic Management Bill
4:30 pm
Mr Tony McNulty (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Department for Transport; Harrow East, Labour)
That is entirely fair and is the thrust not only of the clause but of the regulations that will stand behind it. We want the duty to fit with the new provision in clause 46, which is intended to make it easier for different undertakers to exchange information on their apparatus in the street and to have full regard for it.
Section 79 of the 1991 Act deals with access to records. Section 73(3) says that an undertaker must keep them available at reasonable hours and free of charge. The clause builds on that. The elements of the Bill will be dealt with in detail in regulations, after full consultation with utilities and local authorities.