A local authority or other person who under the powers conferred by this Act propose to open or break up any length of street which forms a level crossing, or crosses over or under a railway or other works of a railway company or dock undertakers, and which is not under the control or management of the railway company or dock undertakers, shall give to the company or undertakers the like notice as they are required by section thirty of the Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847, to give to the persons under whose control or management the street is and, if and in so far as the proposed work is likely to affect the structure of any bridge or other works belonging to the railway company or dock undertakers, shall carry out the work to the reasonable satisfaction of the engineer of the company or undertakers in accordance with plans approved by him.
If any dispute arises under this section between the persons proposing to execute work and a railway company or dock undertakers, either party may require that it shall be referred to an arbitrator to be appointed, in default of agreement, by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.