Utilities (Telecommunications Installations) Act 2001

For purposes connected with the installation of a telecommunications facility, a carrier may, in accordance with part 3 (Carrier’s obligations)—

enter defined land; and

inspect the land; and

carry out any work on the land that is necessary or desirable for installing a telecommunications facility on a utility network facility.

Without limiting subsection (1) (c), a carrier may, for example, do any of the following:

use any plant, machinery, equipment or goods of the carrier;

fell or lop trees;

clear vegetation;

make excavations;

take soil, vegetation and other material away from the land.

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