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Electricity Reform Act 2000
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59 Easements and access to infrastructure for data transmission
and telecommunications
(1) If 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:
(a) installing telecommunications cables or equipment by
attaching it to or incorporating it in the electricity infrastructure
on the land;
(b) operating and carrying out work relating to
telecommunications cables or equipment so installed; and
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(c) operating the electricity infrastructure on the land for
telecommunications.
(2) 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.
(3) This section has effect despite the Law of Property Act 2000 or any
other law.