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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Telephone cabinets, etc, on roads

142: Construction, etc, of telephone cabinets or other similar appliances

You could also call this:

"Putting Telephone Cabinets on Roads"

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You can put telephone cabinets on a road if you are a network operator. You must tell the local authority and other people who might be affected by the work. You must also follow any conditions they give you and not block the traffic. You need to say where you want to put the cabinet and why. You must give this information when you tell the local authority and other people. The local authority is the group of people in charge of the road. You can find out what a utility operator is by looking at section 4 of the Utilities Access Act 2010. This will help you understand who to tell when you want to put a telephone cabinet on a road.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Telephone cabinets, etc, on roads

142Construction, etc, of telephone cabinets or other similar appliances

  1. Subject to subsection (2), a network operator may construct, place, and maintain public telephone cabinets, distribution cabinets, or any other similar appliances on a road.

  2. A network operator must—

  3. give notice of its intention to place a cabinet or other appliance on the road to—
    1. the local authority or other person who has jurisdiction over the road; and
      1. any utility operator (as defined in section 4 of the Utilities Access Act 2010) whose pipes, lines, or other structures will or are likely to be affected by the work; and
      2. comply with any reasonable conditions that are imposed by the local authority or other person who has jurisdiction over that road on which the cabinet or appliance is to be placed; and
        1. not intentionally place the cabinet or appliance on the road so that it interferes with the ordinary traffic.

          1. Every notice under subsection (2)(a) must specify where the cabinet or appliance is to be placed on the road and the reasons for it.

          Notes
          • Section 142(2)(a): substituted, on , by section 9 of the Infrastructure (Amendments Relating to Utilities Access) Act 2010 (2010 No 99).