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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Maintenance of networks - Miscellaneous

155: Protection of existing works

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"Lines on your land: what happens to them is up to the network operator"

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If you own land, a network operator might have already installed lines or works on it. These lines or works are considered lawful and can stay there until the network operator decides to remove them. You do not have a say in what happens to these lines or works just because you own the land. The network operator is in charge of deciding what to do with their own lines or works, and you can see more about this in the Telecommunications Act 1987.

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Part 4Networks
Maintenance of networks: Miscellaneous

155Protection of existing works

  1. Any existing works or existing lines owned by a network operator that are fixed to, or installed over or under, land that is not owned by the network operator are deemed to be lawfully fixed or installed, and continue to be lawfully fixed or installed, until the network operator otherwise decides.

  2. No person other than the network operator has an interest in any of those works or lines by reason only of having an interest in the land.

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