(l) Where the exercise of any of the powers of a licensee in relation to the execution of any works involves the placing of any works in, under, over, along or across any street, part of a street, railway, canal, the licensee shall serve upon the person responsible for the repair of the street or part of a street (hereinafter referred to as "the repairing authority") or upon the person for the time being entitled to work the railway, canal (hereinafter referred to as "works authority"), as the case may be, a notice in writing, not less than ] 5 days before commencing the execution of the works describing the proposed works, together with a section and plan thereof on a scale sufficiently large to show c1eariy the details of the proposed works, and not in any case smaller than one inch to eight feet vertically and sixteen inches to the mile horizontally and intimating the manner in which, and the time at which, it is proposed to interfere with of alter any existing works, and shall, upon being required to do so by the .~;)}'·L."·/ ~j Page 2 of 11 repairi ng authority Of works authority, as the case may be, from time to time give such further information in relation thereto as may be desired.
(2) If the repairing authority intimates to the licensee that it disapproves such works , section or plan giving reasons for disapproval, or approves thereof subject to amendment, the licensee may, unless settled by an agreement, appeal to the appropriate commission within one week of receiving such intimation, whose decision, after considering the reasons given by the repairing authority for its action, shall be final.
(3) If the repairing authority fails to give notice In wnung of its approval or disapproval to the licensee within 15 days of the receipt of the notice, it shall be deemed to have approved of the works, section and plan, and the licensee, after giving not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing to the repairing authority, may proceed to carry out the works in accordance with the notice and the section and pI an served under sub-rule (1);
(4) If the works authority disapproves of such works, section or plan gIVIng reasons for disapproval, or approves thereof subject to amendment, he may, within 15days after the service of the notice under sub-rule (1) of rule 5, serve a requisition upon the licensee demanding that any questions in relation to the works or to compensation, or to the obligations of the works authority to others in respect thereof, shall be determined, unless settled by agreement, by the Appropriate Commission.
(5) Where no requisition has been served by the works authority upon the licensee within the time period provided under sub-rule (4), the works authority shall be deemed to have approved of the works, section and plan, and in that case, or where after the matter has been determined by the Appropriate Commission, the works may, upon payment or securing of compensation, be executed according to the notice and the section and plan, subject to such modifications as may have been determined by the Appropriate Commission or agreed upon between the parties:
Explanation.- sub-rules (l) to (5), the word "works" includes a service line in, under, over, along or across a railway even if such line immediately attached or intended to be immediately attached to a distributing main, but does not include any other service line so attached or intended to be so attached to a distributing Page 3 of 11
(7) Where the works to be executed consist of the repair, renewal or amendment of existing works of which the character or position is not to be altered, the licensee shall, except in cases of emergency, give to the repairing authority, or to the works authority, as the case may be, not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing of his intention to execute such works, and, on the expiry of such notice, such works shall be commenced forthwith and shall be carried on with aJI reasonable dispatch, and, if possible, both by day and by night until completed.
main, or works which consist of the repair, renewal or amendment of existing works of which the character or position is not be altered.
(6) \Vhere the works to be executed consist of the laying of any underground service line immediately attached, or intended to be immediately attached, to a distributing main, the licensee shall give to the repairing authority or the works authority, as the case may be, not less than forty-eight hours' notice in writing of his intention to execute such works;