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(b) providing for the technical requirements with which a licensee
shall comply in broadcasting.
(Part IIIA added 51 of 1989 s. 3)
E
PART IV
USE OF LAND FOR TELECOMMUNICATION LINES, ETC.
14. Power to place and maintain telecommunication
lines, etc., on land
(1) The Authority, and any licensee authorized by the Authority either generally or for any particular occasion, may place and maintain a telecommunication line, and such posts as may be necessary, in, over or upon any land, subject-
(a) in the case of unleased Crown land, to the consent in writing of
the Director of Buildings and Lands or an officer of the Buildings and Lands Department appointed by him for the purposes of this section; and
(b) in the case of land vested in or occupied by Her Majesty's naval, military or airforce services, to the consent in writing of the Commander, British Forces, or such officer as he appoints to be his representative for the purposes of this section.
(2) In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, shall do as little damage as possible and full compensation shall be paid by the Authority, or the licensee, as the case may be, to any person having a lawful interest in the land, or being lawfully thereon, who suffers damage as a result of the exercise of those powers.
(3) So far as may be necessary for the due exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, may alter the position of any pipe or wire, other than a water, gas or electric main, if
(a) reasonable notice has been given to the owner of the pipe or wire
or the person in control thereof; and
(b) in the case of a pipe or wire in or over or upon unleased Crown land, the consent in writing of the Director of Buildings and Lands or an officer of the Buildings and Lands Department appointed by him for the purposes of this section has been obtained; and
(c) in the case of a pipe or wire in, over or upon land vested in or occupied by Her Majesty's naval, military or airforce services, the consent in writing of the Commander, British Forces, or such
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(b) providing for the technical requirements with which a licensee
shall comply in broadcasting.
(Part IIIA added 51 of 1989 s. 3)
E
PART IV
USE OF LAND FOR TELECOMMUNICATION LINES, ETC.
14. Power to place and maintain telecommunication
lines, etc., on land
(1) The Authority, and any licensee authorized by the Authority either generally or for any particular occasion, may place and maintain a telecommunication line, and such posts as may be necessary, in, over or upon any land, subject-
(a) in the case of unleased Crown land, to the consent in writing of
the Director of Buildings and Lands or an officer of the Buildings and Lands Department appointed by him for the purposes of this section; and
(b) in the case of land vested in or occupied by Her Majesty's naval, military or airforce services, to the consent in writing of the Commander, British Forces, or such officer as he appoints to be his representative for the purposes of this section.
(2) In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, shall do as little damage as possible and full compensation shall be paid by the Authority, or the licensee, as the case may be, to any person having a lawful interest in the land, or being lawfully thereon, who suffers damage as a result of the exercise of those powers.
(3) So far as may be necessary for the due exercise of the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Authority or the licensee, as the case may be, may alter the position of any pipe or wire, other than a water, gas or electric main, if
(a) reasonable notice has been given to the owner of the pipe or wire
or the person in control thereof; and
(b) in the case of a pipe or wire in or over or upon unleased Crown land, the consent in writing of the Director of Buildings and Lands or an officer of the Buildings and Lands Department appointed by him for the purposes of this section has been obtained; and
(c) in the case of a pipe or wire in, over or upon land vested in or occupied by Her Majesty's naval, military or airforce services, the consent in writing of the Commander, British Forces, or such
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