SCHEDULE 14PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS

PART 6FOR THE PROTECTION OF CADENT GAS LIMITED

On Street apparatus

70.—(1) This Part of this Schedule does not apply to apparatus in respect of which the relations between the undertaker and Cadent are regulated by the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act, except for—

(a)paragraphs 71, 76, 77 and 78; and

(b)where sub-paragraph (2) applies, paragraphs 73 and 74.

(2) This sub-paragraph applies where any apparatus is diverted from an alignment within the existing adopted public highway but not wholly replaced within the existing public highway, notwithstanding that any diversion may be carried out under the provisions of Part 3 of the 1991 Act.

(3) The Protective Provisions in this Part of this Schedule apply and take precedence over article 35 of the Order which shall not apply to Cadent.