Electronic Communications Act, 2005 (Act No. 36 of 2005)

Chapter 4 : Electronic Communications Network and Electronic Communications Facilities

23. Underground pipes for purposes of electronic communications network service
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(1)If any local authority and an electronic communications network service licensee agree that the provision of the electricity supply and electronic communications network services to a particular area must be provided by means of an underground cable, that local authority may on any premises within the said area, when installing such cable for an underground electricity supply line on the said premises, provide a conduit pipe or other facility for the installation of an underground electronic communications facility from a point of connection on the street boundary to a building on those premises, in accordance with the requirements of the electronic communications network services licensee.

 

(2)The cost of the provision of the said conduit pipe or other facility—
(a)is payable to the local authority in question; and
(b)is, for the purpose of any law, considered to be fees payable by the owner of the premises in question to the local authority in respect of the installation of the electricity supply line.