Telecommunications Act 1999 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Erection, Maintenance and Repair of Telecommunication Installations
21. Alteration or relocation of public telecommunication licensee’s installation or plant
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Where a public telecommunication licensee’s installation or plant has been laid, placed, carried or erected in, on, over, under, upon, along or across any land or building under section 16 or 17 (as the case may be) and the owner or occupier of the land or building desires to use the land or building in a manner which renders it necessary or convenient for such installation or plant to be altered, removed, relocated or diverted, the owner or occupier may request the public telecommunication licensee to alter, remove, relocate or divert such installation or plant accordingly.
public telecommunication licensee
“public telecommunication licensee” means a person designated by the Authority under section 8;
The public telecommunication licensee must, at the request of the owner or occupier of the land or building under subsection (1), alter, remove, relocate or divert the installation or plant if it is satisfied that such alteration, removal, relocation or diversion is reasonable and the owner or occupier complies with such reasonable terms and conditions as the licensee may impose.
The terms and conditions a public telecommunication licensee may impose under subsection (2) may include terms and conditions relating to the payment by the owner or occupier of the land or building of all costs and expenses necessary for such alteration, removal, relocation or diversion.[17