Telecommunications Act 1984
c. 12
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PART
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(5) Without prejudice to subsections (1) to (4) above, the
Secretary of State may by order provide for any local Act under
or in accordance with which any conduits (whether or not
relevant conduits) are kept installed in streets to be amended in
such manner as appears to him requisite or expedient for
securingthat there is power for those conduits to be used for
telecommunication purposes ;
(b) that the terms (including terms as to payment) on which
those conduits are used for those purposes are reasonable ; and
(c) that the use of those conduits for those purposes is not
unreasonably inhibited (whether directly or indirectly)
by reason of the terms of any consent, licence or agreement which has been given, granted or made in relation
to any of those conduits for the purposes of that Act.
(a)
(6)
In this section " relevant conduit " means-
any conduit which, whether or not it is itself an electric
line, is maintained by an electricity authority for the
purpose of enclosing, surrounding or supporting such a
line, including where such a conduit is connected to any
box, chamber or other structure (including a building) maintained by an electricity authority for purposes connected with the conveyance, transmission or
distribution of electricity, that box, chamber or structure ; or
(b) a water main or any other conduit maintained by a
water authority for the purpose of conveying water
from one place to another ; or
(c) a public sewer ; or
(d) a culvert which is a designated watercourse within the
meaning of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order
(a)
S.I. 1973169
1973.
(7)
In this section
a relevant
conduit-
a reference to the authority with control
of
in relation to a conduit or structure falling within paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (6) above, shall be construed as a reference to the authority by whom the
conduit or structure is maintained ;
(b) in relation to a public sewer, shall be construed, subject
to subsection (8) below, as a reference to the authority
in whom the sewer is vested ; and
(c) in relation to a culvert falling within paragraph (d) of
subsection (6) above, shall be construed as a reference
to the Department of Agriculture for Northern Ireland.
(a)