Future owner or occupier of place taken to have consented to building of works
112 Future owner or occupier of place taken to have consented to building of works
If electric lines or other works are built by an electricity entity in a place with the owner’s consent, the occupier and a person who later becomes the owner or occupier of the place is taken to have also consented.
If electric lines or other works are built by an electricity entity in a place with the occupier’s consent, a person who later becomes the occupier of the place is taken to have also consented.
However, the owner or occupier may require the electricity entity to remove and relocate the works if the owner or occupier pays the cost, or a contribution acceptable to the entity towards the cost, of the removal and relocation.
If, before the commencement, an electricity entity’s works have been placed on land in which the entity does not have an interest (other than an interest in the works or their use), the entity is taken to have built and maintained the works on the land with the consent of the land’s owner unless the contrary is proved.
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