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ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 45
Erection and placement of electricity works
45 Erection and placement of electricity works
(1) For the purpose of exercising its functions under this or any other Act or
law, a network operator may carry out any of the following work-- (a) work
comprising the erection, installation or extension of electricity works on
public land,
(b) work on any land comprising or connected with the
alteration, maintenance or removal of existing electricity works on any land,
(c) work on public land that is connected with the erection, installation,
extension, alteration, maintenance or removal of electricity works on any
land.
(2) Work carried out by a network operator for the purpose of
exercising its functions under this or any other Act or law and comprising the
erection, installation, extension, alteration, maintenance or removal of
electricity works on any land is exempt from the requirement for an approval
under the Local Government Act 1993 , except in relation to buildings.
(4)
However, no such work (other than routine repairs or maintenance work) may be
carried out unless-- (a) written notice of the proposal to carry out the work
has been given to the local council, and
(b) the local council has been given
a reasonable opportunity (being not less than 40 days from the date on which
the notice was given, or a shorter period agreed to in writing by the council)
to make submissions to the network operator in relation to the proposal, and
(c) the network operator has given due consideration to any submissions so
made.
(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the carrying out of work to cope
with emergencies.
(6) In this section--
"public land" means-- (a) a public road, or
(b) a public reserve, or
(c)
Crown land or Crown managed land within the meaning of the
Crown Land Management Act 2016 , or
(d) State forest, or
(e) land under the
control and management of a public or local authority,
but does not include--
(f) any land (other than State forest) that is occupied under any lease or
other arrangement for private purposes that confers a right to exclusive
possession of the land, or
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