HC Deb 19 February 1946 vol 419 c216W
Mr. Gallacher

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland, under what statutory authority a local utility company is entitled to lay gas mains in the burgh roads without the prior consent of the local authority.

Mr. Westwood

The powers of a statutory public utility undertaking to break up streets are set out in the enactments under which it operates. The powers of a non-statutory undertaking to break up streets appear to be uncertain.

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