Regulation 31

Nothing in these Regulations shall be deemed to prevent the owner of any utility or apparatus situated on or along, or beneath the surface of, any public street from commencing any emergency works on the public street before having obtained the approval of the Authority or complied with these Regulations, except that such a person shall, as soon as is practicable, and in any event within 24 hours of the commencement of the emergency works, give notice thereof to the Authority and to any person to whom notice of the commencement of any works on a public street is required to be given under these Regulations.

The Authority may give such directions as it thinks fit to the person carrying out the emergency works or for whom the emergency works are being carried out for the purpose of ensuring that the emergency works are being carried out in accordance with these Regulations and the Code of Practice.