232Maintenance of territory network facilities

232 Maintenance of territory network facilities (1) The Territory may, at any time, maintain a territory network facility and, for that purpose, do anything necessary or desirable, including, for example— (a) entering and occupying land; and (b) entering and occupying a structure, other than a structure used for residential purposes, on territory land; and (c) carrying out any work mentioned in section 231. (2) For subsection (1), the maintenance of a territory network facility includes, for example, the following work: (a) the alteration, removal, repair, replacement or cleaning of any part of the facility; (b) the provisioning of the facility with material or information (whether in electronic form or otherwise); (c) inspecting or otherwise ensuring the proper functioning of the facility from time to time; (d) upgrading the facility to— (i) improve the energy efficiency of the network; and (ii) install new technology on the network; (e) action to which a territory network protection notice relates.

(3) Any work undertaken under this section that affects a protected tree (b) for a registered or remnant tree, if the work is undertaken for protecting life or property in urgent circumstances—anything done in relation to the tree under this section; or (c) for a protected tree in any other case—an activity approved under that Act, s 28 or s 32 (see that Act, s 18 (1) (c)).