Electricity Act 1945

When a supply authority carries out any works in the exercise of its powers under this Act, and in the course thereof damages or prejudicially affects the works of any public authority, the supply authority shall —

with all possible speed complete the works of the supply authority, reinstate and make good the damage done to the works of the public authority, and remove all spoil and rubbish occasioned by the operations of the supply authority; and

cause a light sufficient for the warning of persons, to be set up and maintained at night against or near the works being carried out by the supply authority in any street or public place, and keep the said works adequately fenced and guarded for the protection of persons until the supply authority has duly discharged its obligations as specified in paragraph (a); and

keep any streets which have been broken up or disturbed in the course of the works carried out by the supply authority in good repair and condition for a period of 3 months after reinstating and making good any damage done to the same and for any further period, not exceeding 12 months in all, during which the said streets may continue to subside.

If a supply authority makes default in the due discharge of any of its obligations under subsection (1), then without prejudice to any other liability at law or in equity to which it may be subject, the supply authority so in default shall forfeit and pay to the public authority, whose works or property have or has been damaged, a sum not exceeding $200 for every such default and a further sum not exceeding $100 for each day or part of a day during which any such default is continued after notice thereof in writing has been served by the said public authority upon the said supply authority as shall be fixed and ordered by the Director.