Telephone
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(Repealed 40 of 1976 s. 5)
6. Power to execute works
Subject to the consent in writing of the Director and subject also to the restrictions and provisions hereinafter contained and to such further conditions as the Director may in any particular case impose or prescribe, the company may-
(a) place and maintain telephone lines and cables and ducts under any public street and may alter or remove the same;
(b) place and maintain telephone lines and cables over, along or across any public street and may place and maintain posts in or upon any public street and may alter or remove the same;
(c) for the purposes aforesaid, open or break up any public street;
(d) place and maintain telephone lines and cables and posts under, in, upon, over, along or across any unleased Crown land or any estuary or branch of the sea or the shore or bed of any tidal waters within the boundaries of the Colony (but so that the same shall not hinder or interfere with navigation) and alter or remove the same;
(e) place and maintain telephone lines and cables under, in, upon, over, along or across railway tracks, tunnels and other railway property belonging to the Government (but so that the same shall not hinder or interfere with the railway traffic) and alter or remove the same:
Provided that the company shall not be deemed to acquire any right other than that of user only in the soil of any street or unleased Crown land or any other place under, in, upon, over, along or across which the company places or maintains any works.
7. Minimum of damage to be done; compensation to be paid
In the exercise of the authority conferred under section 6 the company shall do as little damage as may be, and shall make full and reasonable compensation for all damage caused by reason of or in consequence of the exercise of such authority.
8. Government to provide facilities
The Government agrees to provide to the company, at the company's expense, sites, to be approved by the Governor in Council, for submarine cable terminal houses at suitable points within the Colony and suitable sites, to be