(1)  Notwithstanding any Act or law to the contrary, the appropriate electricity entity shall, for the purposes only of this Act, be deemed to be the occupier of land that is subject to a wayleave easement or affected by a wayleave contract that is in force under section 13 (1) of the Electricity Supply Industry Restructuring (Savings and Transitional Provisions) Act 1995 , and that electricity entity or an officer of that electricity entity authorized by it to do so may, if it or he thinks it necessary for the purpose of protecting any transmission lines, poles, or other equipment or works of that electricity entity, cause any vegetation or flammable material on that land to be burned off or removed, but, in the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, that electricity entity or such an officer is subject, in all respects, to the provisions of this Act.

(2)  In this section,

electricity entity means an electricity entity within the meaning of the Electricity Supply Industry Act 1995 which is also a prescribed electricity entity within the meaning of the Electricity Entities (Contributions) Act 1997 .