What can a Utility agreement provide for?
50 What can a Utility agreement provide for?
A Utility agreement may only provide for the following matters—
the means of minimising disruption to the Utility infrastructure and the services provided by the Utility infrastructure;
the respective rights of the Link corporation and the Utility to have access to the Utility infrastructure;
the respective rights of the Link corporation and the Utility to carry out works affecting the Utility infrastructure;
the relocation and rectification of Utility infrastructure;
the standards (including safety, operational and accreditation standards) that are to apply to the relocation or rectification of Utility infrastructure;
the costs of any relocation or rectification of the Utility infrastructure and how those costs are to be apportioned between the Link corporation and the Utility;
the certification by the Utility of works affecting Utility infrastructure;
the compensation to be paid for—
any disruption to the functions performed by the Utility; or
any disruption to the functions or obligations of the Link corporation; or
any pecuniary loss sustained or any expense incurred by the Utility as a direct, natural and reasonable consequence of the issue of the construction permit under Division 4.
An agreement that provides for any other matter is not a Utility agreement for the purposes of this Subdivision.
New s. 51 inserted by No. 81/2006 s. 72.
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