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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Interference with lines

130: Court order

You could also call this:

"Court can order you to trim or remove plants blocking phone or internet lines"

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If you have a tree, shrub, or plant on your land that is interfering with a line, or might interfere with it, the District Court can make an order. The court can decide what the order says, including how much notice you get and when the tree, shrub, or plant must be removed or trimmed. You can check the Telecommunications Act 2001 for more information about this.

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Maintenance of networks: Interference with lines

130Court order

  1. On being satisfied that a tree, shrub, or plant on land interferes with, or is likely to interfere with, a line, the District Court may make an order on any terms and conditions (including those relating to notice and time of removal or trimming) that the court thinks fit.

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