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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Right of access to use existing electricity works for telecommunications and deploying fibre optic cable

155ZT: Right for owners of existing works to enter land and carry out fibre optic works

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"Landowners with existing works can enter land to do fibre optic work if they follow the rules."

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If you own existing works, you can enter the land where the works are to access them and do fibre optic work. You must follow certain conditions when you enter the land, like giving notice as required by section 155ZZB(2)(c) to (g). You also need to make sure the landowner can connect to a fibre-to-the-premises access network and provide a single fibre connection that meets the requirements in section 155ZU.

When you are doing fibre optic work, you need to make sure you are following the rules. However, if you are working with repurposed fibre, some of these rules do not apply to you. You should be aware of what type of fibre you are working with so you know which rules to follow.

You can enter the land to do fibre optic work, but you must make sure you are doing it correctly and following the rules. This includes providing the right connections for the landowner and following the notice requirements. It is important to know what you need to do to follow the rules and do the work correctly.

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Right of access to use existing electricity works for telecommunications and deploying fibre optic cable

155ZTRight for owners of existing works to enter land and carry out fibre optic works

  1. An owner of existing works may enter land on which the works are situated for the purpose of accessing those works and carrying out fibre optic works.

  2. The right of entry is subject to the conditions that the owner of the existing works—

  3. complies with the notice requirements in section 155ZZB(2)(c) to (g); and
    1. provides the landowner with the capability to connect to a fibre-to-the-premises access network (whether by including, when the fibre optic cable is first being deployed on the existing works, a breakout point in a position that the owner of the existing works considers appropriate, or by any other means suitable for ensuring connectability between the landowner’s property and a network); and
      1. provides a single fibre connection to the connection point that meets the relevant requirements in section 155ZU.

        1. The requirements in subsection (2)(b) and (c) do not apply in relation to repurposed fibre.

        Notes
        • Section 155ZT: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Telecommunications (Property Access and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2017 (2017 No 16).