Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Erection, Maintenance and Repair of Telecommunication Installations
16. Power to enter on State land for purposes of installation or plant
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For the purpose of providing any telecommunication service or installing any telecommunication system, a public telecommunication licensee or any person authorised by the Authority in that behalf may at any reasonable time —
telecommunication service
“telecommunication service” means any service for telecommunications, including the leasing of a telecommunication cable, but excludes any broadcasting service;
enter upon any State land;
subject to the approval of the Authority and the Singapore Land Authority, erect in or upon the State land such installation or plant used for telecommunications or excavate such trenches as may be necessary or proper for the purpose of providing the service or installing the system, as the case may be; and
carry out all necessary works in connection therewith, and may, in the course thereof, fell or lop trees, remove vegetation and do all other things necessary for that purpose.
Where any such work interferes with improvements, buildings, growing trees or crops, the licensee must pay compensation for any damage or disturbance.
Where the land is occupied under a licence for temporary occupation, the compensation must be paid to the occupant under the licence.[13