(1)  In this section,

Recorder's Map means the copy of a Map, as at 1 January 2002, provided to the Recorder of Titles under subsection (6) .

(2)  On and after 1 January 2002, each electricity transmission entity must maintain an up-to-date map –

(a) indicating the position of its transmission powerlines; and

(b) indicating any land that immediately before that date was subject to an unregistered wayleave; and

(c) providing any other information the entity considers appropriate.

(3)  An electricity transmission entity must make its Map available for inspection by a person –

(a) on payment of any reasonable fee determined by the entity; and

(b) at the office of the entity; and

(c) during the normal business hours of the office of the entity.

(4)  After 1 January 2002, an electricity transmission entity may not add to its Map an indication that it holds an unregistered wayleave in respect of any land.

(5)  If a Map indicates that the electricity transmission entity holds an unregistered wayleave in respect of any land on, under or over which a part of its transmission network exists and the entity removes that part of its transmission network, that unregistered wayleave is not invalidated only by reason of the removal of the transmission network.

(6)  Each electricity transmission entity that holds an unregistered wayleave in force immediately before 1 January 2002 must provide to the Recorder of Titles by 1 February 2002 a copy of its Map, in electronic form, as at 1 January 2002.

(7)  The Recorder of Titles must retain all Recorder's Maps.

(8)  In the event of a dispute between an electricity transmission entity and any person as to whether land was affected on 1 January 2002 by an unregistered wayleave, the Recorder of Titles must, on the application of that entity or person and payment of the prescribed fee, search the relevant Recorder's Map and notify the applicant as to whether that Recorder's Map indicates that the land was so affected or was not so affected on that date.

(9)  In subsection (8) ,

prescribed fee means –

(a) the fee prescribed under the Land Titles Act 1980 for the purposes of that subsection; or

(b) if no fee is prescribed as specified in paragraph (a) , the fee prescribed under that Act in respect of the lodgment with the Recorder of Titles of dealings, instruments or applications for which no specific fee is prescribed under that Act.