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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Interference with lines

128: Request for removal or trimming of trees

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"What to do if a tree is in the way of a phone or internet line"

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If a tree, shrub, or plant on your land or a road is interfering with a line, or might interfere with it, the network operator can ask you to remove or trim it. The network operator can make this request to you if you own the land, or to the person who takes care of the road. You can find more information about this rule by looking at the Telecommunications Act 1986.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Interference with lines

128Request for removal or trimming of trees

  1. If a tree, shrub, or plant on any land or road interferes with, or is likely to interfere with, a line, the network operator who uses the line may request the owner or occupier of the land, or local authority or other person who has control of the road, to remove or trim the tree, shrub, or plant.

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