SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 14PROTECTIVE PROVISIONS
PART 11FOR THE PROTECTION OF LOCAL HIGHWAY AUTHORITIES
Final Certificate
schedule 14 paragraph 161 161.—(1) The relevant local highway authority must as soon as reasonably practicable, and in any event within 10 business days of paragraphs all of paragraphs (a) to (f) of this sub-paragraph being satisfied, issue a final certificate in respect of the works where—
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 a (a)the maintenance period has elapsed;
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 b (b)all incomplete works and identified defects requiring remediation under paragraph 158(1) (defects in local highways constructed by the undertaker) have been remedied to the relevant local highway authority’s reasonable satisfaction;
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 c (c)the undertaker has given the relevant local highway authority a reasonable opportunity to inspect the relevant works in readiness for the issue of a final certificate and has given due consideration and acted accordingly in respect of any representations and recommendations made by the relevant local highway authority in respect of the works;
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 d (d)the undertaker has provided the relevant local highway authority with a health and safety file in respect of the relevant works to the relevant local highway authority’s reasonable satisfaction;
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 e (e)the undertaker has provided the relevant local highway authority with as built drawings and such detailed information as the relevant local highway authority has requested (acting reasonably) in relation to the relevant works as built; and
schedule 14 paragraph 161 1 f (f)any sewers which the local drainage authority consider should be constructed to dispose of soil and surface water drainage in connection with the relevant Works and in order to make them appropriate for public use have been constructed.
(2) The issue of a final certificate by the relevant local highway authority amounts to an acknowledgment by the relevant local highway authority that the construction alteration or diversion (as the case may be) of a highway has been completed to its reasonable satisfaction for the purposes of article 10 (construction and maintenance of new, altered or diverted streets and other structures) of this Order.
term as built drawings (3) In this paragraph, “as built drawings” means—
schedule 14 paragraph 161 3 a (a)drawings showing the as constructed local highways in an appropriate format;
schedule 14 paragraph 161 3 b (b)drawings showing the location for utilities installed in the local highway; and
schedule 14 paragraph 161 3 c (c)specifications for materials used for the constructed local highway.