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Electricity Safety Act 1998
84BRequirement to keep trees clear of private electric lines—occupiers of contiguous land
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84B Requirement to keep trees clear of private electric lines—occupiers of contiguous land
(1) An occupier of land that is contiguous to land on which there is a private electric line is responsible for the keeping of the whole or any part of a tree situated on the occupier's land clear of the line.
(2) For the purposes of this section, the occupier may enter onto the land on which there is a private electric line and perform any acts necessary to keep a tree clear of the line.
S. 84C inserted by No. 2/2014 s. 7.