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Telecommunications Act 2001

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

144: Failure to notify conditions

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"Telling the network operator about road conditions on time is required by law."

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If you are in charge of a road, you must tell the network operator about certain conditions within 15 working days. You must do this as stated in section 142(2)(b) and section 143. If you do not tell them, those conditions may not apply and the network operator can start work.

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

144Failure to notify conditions

  1. If a local authority or other person who has jurisdiction over a road fails to notify the network operator of the conditions imposed under section 142(2)(b) within the 15-working day period referred to in section 143, those conditions may not be imposed and the network operator may commence work.

Notes
  • Section 144: amended, on , by section 11 of the Infrastructure (Amendments Relating to Utilities Access) Act 2010 (2010 No 99).