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EastLink Project Act 2004
155What can a Utility agreement provide for?
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155 What can a Utility agreement provide for?
(1) A Utility agreement may only provide for the following matters—
(a) the means of minimising disruption to the Utility infrastructure and the services provided by the Utility infrastructure;
(b) the respective rights of the Freeway Corporation and the Utility to have access to the Utility infrastructure;
(c) the respective rights of the Freeway Corporation and the Utility to carry out works affecting the Utility infrastructure;
(d) the relocation and rectification of Utility infrastructure;
(e) the standards (including safety, operational and accreditation standards) that are to apply to the relocation or rectification of Utility infrastructure;
(f) the costs of any relocation or rectification of the Utility infrastructure and how those costs are to be apportioned between the Freeway Corporation and the Utility;
(g) the certification by the Utility of works affecting Utility infrastructure.
(2) An agreement that provides for any other matter is not a Utility agreement for the purposes of this Division.