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Telecommunications Act 2001

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

143: Network operator to be notified of conditions

You could also call this:

"Tell the road boss before putting a phone box on the road"

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If you want to put a telephone cabinet on a road, you must tell the local authority or the person in charge of the road. They have 15 working days to tell you in writing about any conditions they want you to follow. They must do this after they get your written notice that says you want to put the cabinet on the road, as allowed under section 142.

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

143Network operator to be notified of conditions

  1. Not later than 15 working days after the receipt of the written notice of the network operator's intention to place a cabinet or appliance on a road under section 142, the local authority or other person who has jurisdiction over that road must notify the network operator in writing of any conditions imposed under section 142(2)(b).

Notes
  • Section 143: amended, on , by section 10 of the Infrastructure (Amendments Relating to Utilities Access) Act 2010 (2010 No 99).