Commonwealth Numbered Acts

TELECOMMUNICATIONS ACT 1975 No. 55 of 1975 - SECT 96

96. (1) Where-

   (a)  a person does, or proposes to do, work in the vicinity of property of
        the Commission;

   (b)  the Commission is of the opinion that, by reason of that work, it is
        necessary, for reasons of safety, or for the purpose of protecting the
        property of the Commission or ensuring the efficiency of the
        telecommunications system, to remove, reconstruct or otherwise do work
        in connexion with, the property of the Commission; and

   (c)  the Commission does that removal, reconstruction or other work, the
        person is liable to pay to the Commission such amount, not exceeding
        the cost of the work done by the Commission, as is determined by the
        Commission, and the amount may be recovered as a debt due to the
        Commission in a court of competent jurisdiction.

(2) Where-

   (a)  a person proposes to do work in the vicinity of property of the
        Commission;

   (b)  the person requests the Commission to remove, reconstruct or do some
        other work in connexion with the property of the Commission for the
        purpose of permitting or facilitating the doing of the proposed work
        by the person; and

   (c)  the Commission does the removal, reconstruction or other work in
        accordance with the request, the person is liable to pay to the
        Commission such amount, not exceeding the cost of the work done by the
        Commission, as is determined by the Commission, and that amount may be
        recovered as a debt due to the Commission in a court of competent
        jurisdiction.

(3) The Commission may require a person who makes a request under sub-section
(2) to give security for the payment of any amount that the person may become
liable to pay under that sub-section.