105Installation of network facilities

105 Installation of network facilities (1) For purposes connected with the provision of a utility service, a utility may— (a) enter and occupy land; and (b) undertake any work on the land that is necessary or desirable for installing a network facility. (2) Under subsection (1) (b), the utility may, for example, undertake any of the following work: (a) make surveys, take samples and examine the soil; (b) construct, install or place any plant, machinery, equipment or goods; (c) fell or lop trees, or clear and remove vegetation; (d) interrupt the provision of utility services by the utility; (e) make cuttings and excavations; (f) level the land or make roads; (g) erect offices, workshops, sheds, other buildings, fences and other structures; (h) demolish, destroy or remove any network facility installed or used by the utility in relation to the provision of a utility service; (i) put a gate or passageway in a fence or wall (except a wall of a building) that prevents or hinders the work of the utility under this section, or remove such a gate or passageway; (j) temporarily divert or stop traffic on a public road or bridge;

General powers Division 7.2 (k) restore the land, or fences, walls or other structures on the land, affected by the work of the utility and, for that purpose, remove and dispose of soil, vegetation and other material. (3) This section does not entitle a utility to act under subsection (1) on land that it does not own unless— (a) it owns an appropriate interest in the land; or (b) the owner of the land agrees to the undertaking. (4) If subsection (2) (i) applies, the utility must ensure, so far as practicable that the work is carried out in a way that minimises inconvenience and disruption to the passage of people, vehicles and vessels. (5) Any work undertaken under this section that affects a protected tree