18Rights under other Acts or laws

#### 18 Rights under other Acts or laws 18 Rights under other Acts or laws > Except as provided by section 5, nothing in this Act affects the rights that a person has under any other Act or law to interfere with any tree that is not owned by the person. > > Note. > > For example, under the [Access to Neighbouring Land Act 2000](/view/html/inforce/current/act-2000-002), the Local Court may make a neighbouring land access order that authorises an owner of land to access, and carry out work on, adjoining land for any of the following purposes— > > > (a) ascertaining whether any hedge, tree or shrub is dangerous, dead, diseased, damaged or insecurely rooted, > > > (b) replacing any hedge, tree or shrub, > > > (c) removing, felling, cutting back or treating any hedge, tree or shrub. > > By way of another example, under the [Electricity Supply Act 1995](/view/html/inforce/current/act-1995-094), an electricity network operator may, in certain circumstances, trim or remove a tree if the operator has reasonable cause to believe that the tree— > > > (a) could destroy, damage or interfere with its electricity works, or > > > (b) could make its electricity works become a potential cause of bush fire or a potential risk to public safety. > > **s 18:** Am 2007 No 94, Sch 2.