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Real Property Act 1886
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Schedule 6—Short forms of easements and their interpretation
(section 89A)
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an easement for water supply purposes.
the right for him, his agents, servants and workmen at any time to break the surface of, dig, open up and use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) for the purpose of laying down, fixing, taking up, repairing, re-laying or examining pipes and of using and maintaining those pipes for water supply purposes and to enter the land at any time (if necessary with vehicles and equipment) for any of those purposes.
an easement for sewerage purposes.
the right for him, his agents, servants and workmen at any time to break the surface of, dig, open up and use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) for the purpose of laying down, fixing, taking up, repairing, re-laying or examining pipes and of using and maintaining those pipes for sewerage purposes and to enter the land (if necessary with vehicles and equipment) for any of those purposes.
an easement for drainage purposes.
the right for him, his agents, servants and workmen at any time to break the surface of, dig, open up and use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) for the purpose of laying down, fixing, taking up, repairing, re-laying or examining drains or drainage pipes and of using and maintaining those drains and drainage pipes for drainage purposes and to enter the land at any time (if necessary with vehicles and equipment) for any of those purposes.
an easement for gas supply purposes.
the right for him, his agents, servants and workmen at any time to break the surface of, dig, open up and use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) for the purpose of laying down, fixing, taking up, repairing, re-laying or examining pipes and of using and maintaining those pipes for the purpose of supplying gas, and to enter the land at any time (if necessary with vehicles and equipment) for any of those purposes.
an easement for the transmission of electricity by overhead cable.
(a) to suspend cables across the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) and construct supports for those cables; and
(b) to inspect, alter, maintain, repair and replace those cables and supports; and
(c) to use the cables for the purpose of transmitting electricity; and
an easement for the transmission of electricity by underground cable.
(c) to use the cables for the purpose of transmitting electricity; and
an easement for the transmission of television signals by underground cable.
(c) to use the cables for the purpose of transmitting television signals; and
an easement for the transmission of telecommunication signals by underground cable.
(c) to use the cables for the purposes of receiving and transmitting telecommunication signals; and
an easement for the transmission of telecommunication signals by overhead cable.
(a) to suspend cables across the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) and construct supports for those cables; and
(b) to inspect, alter, maintain, repair and replace those cables and supports; and
(c) to use the cables for the purposes of receiving and transmitting telecommunication signals; and
party wall rights.
the right to use the party wall (described for that purpose in this instrument) for the support of the walls, floors, ceilings, roofs or other parts of any building built or placed on the dominant land.
an easement for eaves and gutters.
the right for him, his agents, servants and workmen at any time to construct, inspect, alter, maintain, repair, replace and use eaves, gutters and downpipes over the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) and to enter the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) at any time for those purposes.
an easement for support.
(a) to erect an embankment, wall or other structure on the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) to support, or for the support of, the dominant land and any building or other structure erected on it; and
(b) to inspect, alter, maintain, repair and replace that embankment, wall or other structure; and
(c) to break the surface of, dig, open up and use the land for any of those purposes; and
(d) to enter the land at any time (if necessary with vehicles and equipment) for any of those purposes.
an easement to park a vehicle.
the right personally and for his or her invitees, licensees, servants, agents or tenants to use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) at any time for the purpose of parking a vehicle and to enter the land, with a vehicle, at any time for that purpose.
a right-of-way on foot.
the right personally and for his or her invitees, licensees, servants, agents or tenants to use the land (described for that purpose in this instrument) at any time to pass and repass on foot.