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Electricity Supply Act 1995
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#### 63K Secretary may direct distributor to remove structure
63K Secretary may direct distributor to remove structure
> > (1) The Secretary may, by notice in writing served on a distributor, direct the distributor to remove or relocate an electricity structure specified in the notice if—
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> > > (a) the structure is erected within the distributor’s distribution district, and
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> > > (b) the structure is on or adjacent to a public road that is—
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> > > > (i) a traffic route, or
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> > > > (ii) a public road that the Secretary has, for the purpose of traffic safety and having regard to the volume and nature of the vehicular traffic carried on it, determined requires the removal or relocation of the structure.
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> > (2) A distributor must comply with a notice served on it under subsection (1).
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> > (3) In this section—
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> > electricity structure means a structure erected or maintained by a distributor for 1 or more of the following purposes—
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> > > (a) the generation of electricity,
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> > > (b) the storage, transmission or distribution of electricity,
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> > > (c) public lighting.
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> **s 63K:** Ins 2004 No 4, Sch 2 \[3\]. Am 2014 No 88, Sch 1.6 \[4\]; 2021 No 34, Sch 1\[11\].