Communications Regulation Act, 2002

Regulations and policy of directions to road authorities.

56.—(1) The Minister may, with the consent of the Minister for the Environment and Local Government, make regulations for the purposes of sections 54(2) and 55

(a) to establish the basis for the calculation by a network operator of costs reasonably attributable to costs incurred by the network operator as a result of roadworks, and

(b) to establish an objective measure of works to be deemed to be improvements to electronic communications infrastructure for the purposes of this Part.

(2) The Minister for the Environment and Local Government may, with the approval of the Minister, make regulations for the purposes of section 53 in relation to—

(a) any conditions, restrictions or requirements to be made in a consent,

(b) the imposition of charges by road authorities in respect of consents,

(c) anything to be contained in schemes under section 53 (7), and

(d) emergency roadworks.

(3) The Minister for the Environment and Local Government, after consultation with the Minister, may, subject to any regulations under this section, issue policy directions to road authorities in connection with the exercise of the powers of road authorities under this Part.