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334Power to lease or license land for construction thereon of electric line
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334 Power to lease or license land for construction thereon of electric line
S. 334(1) amended by Nos 25/1998 s. 169, 69/2000 s. 55(4)(a)(b).
(1) It shall be lawful for the Governor in Council to grant for a term not exceeding twenty-one years from the date thereof leases or licences of any land forming part of any lands of the Crown (including water reserves but not including any lands within a reserved forest) for enabling the lessee or licensee subject to the **Electricity Industry Act 2000** and the **Electricity Safety Act 1998** to construct and maintain on the land so leased or licensed an ***electric line*** as defined in section 3 of the **Electricity Safety Act 1998**.
S. 334(2) amended by No. 8461 s. 54.
(2) The land which may be so leased or licensed shall not exceed 20 metres in width.
No. 3709 s. 290.
S. 335 amended by Nos 130/1993 s. 122(Sch. 4 item 8), 69/2000 s. 55(5), 11/2024 s. 96.