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Telecommunications Act 2001

Networks - Access to property, involving rights of multiple parties, to deploy fibre optic media and other technology - Statutory rights of access to body corporate administered properties

155X: Deemed consent of body corporate to category 1 or category 2 installation

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If you are the body corporate of a property, you are deemed to have agreed to let an FTTP service provider or a network operator into your property. They can carry out a category 1 or category 2 installation if certain conditions are met. These conditions are outlined in sections 155J and 155R.

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Access to property, involving rights of multiple parties, to deploy fibre optic media and other technology: Statutory rights of access to body corporate administered properties

155XDeemed consent of body corporate to category 1 or category 2 installation

  1. The body corporate of a body corporate administered property is deemed to have consented to an FTTP service provider or a network operator entering the property and carrying out a category 1 or category 2 installation if the preconditions in sections 155J and 155R are met.

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