28Powers of energy operators

##### 28. Powers of energy operators [(1), (2) deleted] (3) An energy operator may — [(a), (b) deleted] (c) enter upon and occupy any land or other premises and there, without being bound to acquire the same or any estate or interest therein (except where otherwise provided by this Act or such as may be required by a claimant to be taken under Part 9 of the *Land Administration Act 1997*) by the best available route and in a practicable manner, construct, extend, or improve works, maintain and conduct undertakings and facilities, and carry on undertakings or works requisite, advantageous, or convenient to the exercise and performance of the functions of the energy operator or any such function; (d) acquire by agreement any land, either as to the whole of the interest of the grantor or by way of an estate or interest less than the title, estate, or interest of the grantor; (e) compulsorily acquire land, or any estate or interest in land, under Part 9 of the *Land Administration Act 1997*, for the purposes of a public work carried out or to be carried out by the energy operator. [Section 28 amended: No. 101 of 1981 s. 12; No. 36 of 1984 s. 2; No. 24 of 1986 s. 17; No. 89 of 1994 s. 9 and 41; No. 31 of 1997 s. 26(1) and 142; No. 58 of 1999 s. 83(2) and (3).] [**29‑35.** Deleted: No. 89 of 1994 s. 10.]