New South Wales Consolidated Acts

ELECTRICITY SUPPLY ACT 1995 - SECT 45

45 Erection and placement of electricity works

(1) This section applies to work connected with the erection, installation, extension, alteration, maintenance and removal of electricity works.

(2) For the purpose of exercising its functions under this or any other Act or law, a network operator:

(a) may carry out work to which this section applies, and

(b) in particular, may carry out any such work on a public road or public reserve.

(3) Work to which this section applies is exempt from the requirement for an approval under the Local Government Act 1993 except in relation to buildings.

(4) However, no such work (other than routine repairs or maintenance work) may be carried out unless:

(a) notice of the proposal to carry out the work has been given to the local council, and

(b) the local council has been given a reasonable opportunity (being not less than 40 days from the date on which the notice was given) to make submissions to the network operator in relation to the proposal, and

(c) the network operator has given due consideration to any submissions so made.

(5) Subsection (4) does not apply to the carrying out of work to cope with emergencies.