Easements and access to infrastructure for data transmission and telecommunications
48A Easements and access to infrastructure for data transmission and telecommunications
Where electricity infrastructure owned or operated by an electricity entity is situated on land that does not belong to the entity, any powers or rights that the entity has under this Act or pursuant to a statutory or other easement for the purposes of installing, operating and carrying out work relating to electricity infrastructure on that land will be taken also to be exercisable for the purposes of—
installing telecommunications cables or equipment by attaching it to or incorporating it in the electricity infrastructure on the land; and
operating and carrying out work relating to telecommunications cables or equipment so installed; and
operating the electricity infrastructure on the land for telecommunications.
Powers and rights conferred on an electricity entity under subsection (1) will also, with the consent of the electricity entity, be exercisable by another body in the same manner and subject to the same conditions as would apply if the other body were the electricity entity and persons appointed by the other body subject to conditions determined by the Minister were electricity officers.
This section has effect despite the Real
Property Act 1886 or any other law.
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