Electricity Supply Act 1995

If a public road or public reserve is damaged by any work carried out by a network operator, the local council or roads authority may require the network operator to make good the damage without delay.

If the network operator fails to carry out appropriate work in accordance with any such requirement, the local council or roads authority may carry out the work itself.

The cost of carrying out the work may be recovered by the local council or roads authority in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt owed to it by the network operator.