South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current Acts48A—Easements and access to infrastructure for data transmission and
telecommunications
(1) Where electricity
infrastructure owned or operated by an electricity entity is situated on land
that does not belong to the entity, any powers or rights that the entity has
under this Act or pursuant to a statutory or other easement for the purposes
of installing, operating and carrying out work relating to electricity
infrastructure on that land will be taken also to be exercisable for the
purposes of—
(a)
installing telecommunications cables or equipment by attaching it to or
incorporating it in the electricity infrastructure on the land; and
(b)
operating and carrying out work relating to telecommunications cables or
equipment so installed; and
(c)
operating the electricity infrastructure on the land for telecommunications.
(2) Powers and rights
conferred on an electricity entity under subsection (1) will also, with
the consent of the electricity entity, be exercisable by another body in the
same manner and subject to the same conditions as would apply if the other
body were the electricity entity and persons appointed by the other body
subject to conditions determined by the Minister were electricity officers.
(3) This section has
effect despite the Real Property Act 1886 or any other law.