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Rh ::(ii) tunnelling or boring under any land, street, sewer or drain;
 * (iii) removing or using all earth and materials in or under any land, street, sewer or drain;
 * (iv) erecting, placing or installing equipment, apparatus and other electrical plant in or under any land, building, street or bridge; and
 * (v) erecting, placing or installing poles on any land or street.

(2) All such works, including the upper surface or covering thereof, shall be constructed of such materials and maintained by the generation licensee, market support services licensee or transmission licensee in such manner as not to be a source of danger, whether by reason of inequality of surface or otherwise; and when such licensee lays any electric line that is liable to touch any main, pipe, line or other service, the conducting portion of the electric line shall be effectually insulated.

(3) The generation licensee, market support services licensee or transmission licensee shall pay compensation to any person who suffers any damage or loss of value to his property as a result of any work performed by the licensee under subsection (1) of such amount as may be agreed between the licensee and the person, and such compensation may include an annual payment for the use of any land or immovable property for the licensee’s purpose.

(4) The generation licensee, market support services licensee or transmission licensee shall not acquire any right other than that of user only in respect of any land or property under, over, in, on, along or across which the licensee installs any electric line or electrical plant or executes any work under this section.

(5) Except in cases of emergency arising from any fault in any electric line or electrical plant, no work falling within subsection (1) shall be executed without the giving of 14 days’ notice stating as fully and accurately as possible the nature and extent of the acts intended to be done.

(6) The owner or occupier of the land may, within 14 days of the receipt of the notice referred to in subsection (5), lodge a written objection with the Authority and the Authority shall specify the date by which an inquiry into such objection shall be made.