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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Interference with lines

133: Production of authority

You could also call this:

"Show your ID when visiting someone's land or road for work"

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If you enter land or a road under section 132, you must carry proof of who you are and why you are there. You have to show this proof if someone asks to see it. Alternatively, you can work with someone who has this proof and they must show it if asked.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Interference with lines

133Production of authority

  1. Every officer, employee, or agent of a network operator who enters land or a road under section 132 must—

  2. carry evidence of his or her authority and identity, which must be produced on request; or
    1. work under the immediate control of a person who holds evidence of that person's authority and identity, which must be produced if requested.

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