Entry upon and construction of lines across any lands
70. (1) A fixed line operator may, for the purposes of provision of its telecommunications services, enter upon any land, including any street, road, footpath or land reserved for public purposes, and any railway, and construct and maintain a telecommunications facility upon, under, over, along or across any land, street, road, footpath or waterway or any railway, and alter or remove the same, and may for that purpose attach wires, stays or any other
kind
of support to any building or other structure.
(2) In taking any action in terms of subsection (1), due regard must be had to the environmental policy of the Republic.
Underground pipes for telecommunication service purposes
71. (1) If any local authority and fixed line operator agree that in a particular area electricity supply and the telecommunication services of that operator shall be provided by means of underground cable, that local authority may on any premises within the said area, when installing such cable for an underground electricity supply line on the said premises, in accordance with the requirements of the operator provide a conduit-pipe or other facilities
for
the installation of an underground telecommunication service line from a point of connection on the street boundary to a building on those premises.
(2) The costs of the provision of the said conduit-pipe or other facilities shall be payable to the local authority in question and shall for the purpose of any law be deemed to be fees payable by the owner of the premises in question to the local authority in respect of the installation of the electricity supply line.
Pipes under streets
72. A fixed line operator may, after reasonable notice in writing to the local authority or person owning or having the care and maintenance of any street, road or footpath, construct and maintain in the manner specified in that notice any pipes, tunnels or tubes required for telecommunication facilities under any such street, road or footpath, and may alter or remove
the
same, and may for such purposes break or open up any street, road or footpath and alter the position thereunder of any pipe (not being a sewer drain or
main)
for the supply of water, gas or electricity: Provided that the local authority or person to whom any such pipe belongs or by whom it is used shall be
entitled
at all times while any work in connection with the alteration in the position of that pipe is in progress, to supervise that work, and the operator shall
pay
all reasonable expenses incurred by any such local authority or person in
connection with any alteration or removal under this section or any supervision
of work relating to such alteration.
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