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1989 Ed.]

Telephone

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14. Pressure on circuits and apparatus to be limited

All circuits and apparatus shall be so arranged that there shall be no danger of any part thereof becoming accidentally charged to any pressure beyond the limits of pressure for which it is intended.

15. Crossed services of others to be protected

Whenever the company leads a telephone or aerial line across or in proximity to any telephone or telegraph wire or aerial line belonging to any person the company shall ensure that its telephone or aerial line is so protected as to guard against the possibility of its coming into contact with the telephone or telegraph wire or aerial line of any such person.

16. Provisions as to completion and protection of works

in public streets and payment of costs of surfacing

After the company has opened or broken up any public street it shall be under the following further obligations--

(a) it shall with all convenient speed complete the work on account of which it has opened or broken up the same, and fill in the ground and remove all rubbish occasioned by its work;

(b) the surface of such street shall be made good by the Director and the company shall pay on demand to the Director of Accounting Services such sum as the Director may certify to be the cost of such making good;

(c) it shall in the meantime cause the place where such street is opened or broken up to be fenced and watched and to be properly lighted at night;

(d) it shall pay to the Director of Accounting Services any such sum

as may be certified by the Director to be the reasonable cost of keeping such portion of the street in repair for 6 months after the same is restored so far as such cost may be applicable to and increased by the opening or breaking up:

Provided that, if the company fails, within such period as the Director considers reasonable in the circumstances, to complete the work on account whereof it has opened or broken up such street and to fill in the ground, it shall be lawful for the Director, forthwith and without notice to the company, to fill in the ground and remove all rubbish, and the cost as certified by the Director of any work executed by the Director under the terms of this proviso shall be paid by the company on demand to the Director of Accounting Services. (Amended L.N. 16 of 1977)