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Electricity Act 1994
sec.111Building of works on protected areas
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### sec.111 Building of works on protected areas
An electricity entity must not build, replace or alter electric lines or other works in a protected area unless the entity acts under a written agreement of the Minister administering the Nature Conservation Act 1992 .
Maximum penalty—8 penalty units.
In deciding whether to agree, the Minister must take into account—
the extent and significance of the disturbance building the works will, or is likely to, cause to the protected area; and
the electricity entity’s report on alternative routes or positions for building the works outside the protected area; and
the extent of any disability or disadvantage in using an alternative route or position.
Agreement may be given on conditions the Minister considers necessary to minimise interference to the protected area.
(sec.111-ssec.1) An electricity entity must not build, replace or alter electric lines or other works in a protected area unless the entity acts under a written agreement of the Minister administering the Nature Conservation Act 1992 . Maximum penalty—8 penalty units.
(sec.111-ssec.2) In deciding whether to agree, the Minister must take into account— the extent and significance of the disturbance building the works will, or is likely to, cause to the protected area; and the electricity entity’s report on alternative routes or positions for building the works outside the protected area; and the extent of any disability or disadvantage in using an alternative route or position.
(sec.111-ssec.3) Agreement may be given on conditions the Minister considers necessary to minimise interference to the protected area.
- (a) the extent and significance of the disturbance building the works will, or is likely to, cause to the protected area; and
- (b) the electricity entity’s report on alternative routes or positions for building the works outside the protected area; and
- (c) the extent of any disability or disadvantage in using an alternative route or position.