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84Requirement to keep trees clear of electric lines—distribution companies
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84 Requirement to keep trees clear of electric lines—distribution companies
A distribution company is responsible for the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree clear of an electric line within its distribution area unless under this Subdivision another person is responsible for—
(a) the maintenance of the line; or
(b) the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree clear of the line.
Section 3 defines maintenance in relation to an electric line or a private electric line as including the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree clear of the line.
S. 84A inserted by No. 2/2014 s. 7.