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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Miscellaneous

151: Network operator must avoid interference with traffic

You could also call this:

"Network operators must not disrupt traffic when working on lines near roads or water"

Illustration for Telecommunications Act 2001

When you are in charge of a network, you must be careful when working on lines that cross roads or are over or under water. You must not cause unnecessary problems for traffic on the road or for people using the water. If you are fixing, changing, or removing a line, you should try not to interfere with the road or water, as stated in the related law.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Miscellaneous

151Network operator must avoid interference with traffic

  1. A network operator, in maintaining, repairing, altering, or removing a line that crosses or is along a road, or that is over or under navigable waters, must not cause unnecessary or avoidable interference to the traffic on, or to the lawful use of, any road or navigable waters.

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