16Effect of submissions as to installation place or route of connection cable

16 Effect of submissions as to installation place or route of connection cable

(1)  Before proceeding to install a connection cable, or carry out related cable work, under section 15(2)(c) , the installer is to take into account any submissions made by the owner of the premises or the owner of any adjoining land.

(2)  A failure by the installer to comply with subsection (1) does not vitiate –

(a) the consents that the owners of premises and the owners of adjoining land are taken to have given by reason of section 15(2)(a) and (b) ; or

(b) the authority provided by section 15(2)(c) for the installer to install a connection cable; or

(c) the authority provided by section 15(2)(c) for an authorised officer to enter and remain on land and carry out cable work; or

(d) any other authority provided by this Act for an authorised officer to do any act on land lawfully entered.