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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Miscellaneous

148: Alteration to line or wireless works on road requested by owner

You could also call this:

"Paying to move telecom lines on your road to access your land"

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If you own land and there are telecommunication lines or wireless works on the road that you want altered so you can access your land, you might have to pay for the changes. The company that operates the network can ask you to pay for the alteration. You do not have to pay for any improvements to the lines or wireless works that are made as a result of the alteration, according to the Telecommunications Act 2001, which you can find more information about on the New Zealand legislation website.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Miscellaneous

148Alteration to line or wireless works on road requested by owner

  1. If an owner of land or some other person requires a line, wireless works, or other works on a road to be altered so that the owner or other person has access to, or reasonable use of, the land, the network operator may require the person who makes the request to pay the cost of the alteration.

  2. A network operator is not entitled to be paid the cost of any improvement to a line that is, or wireless works or other works that are, required to be altered by an owner of land or some other person under subsection (1).

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Notes
  • Section 148 heading: amended, on , by section 26(3) of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).
  • Section 148(1): amended, on , by section 26(3) of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).
  • Section 148(2): amended, on , by section 26(3) of the Telecommunications (TSO, Broadband, and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2011 (2011 No 27).