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Telecommunications Act 2001

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

145: Urgency

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"Working urgently: doing roadwork quickly in an emergency without following the usual rules"

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If you need to put a telephone cabinet on a road quickly because of an emergency, the network operator does not have to follow the usual rules before starting the work. The network operator is excused from doing what section 142(3) says before commencing the work. You must give the required information, as stated in section 142(3), as soon as possible after putting the telephone cabinet on the road.

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

145Urgency

  1. If the telephone cabinet or appliance must be placed on a road urgently and it is necessary because of any defective equipment or other emergency, the network operator—

  2. is excused from complying with the requirements of section 142(3) before commencing the work; but
    1. must give the information required by section 142(3) as soon as practicable after placing the telephone cabinet or appliance on that road.