Section 22
Removal or alteration of supply line, etc.
of Electricity Supply Enactment 2024
Where a supply line has been laid, or posts or equipment erected, on any land under section 19, and if any of the persons mentioned in subsection 19(4) desires to use the land in such a manner as to render it necessary or convenient that the supply line, posts or equipment should be removed to another part of the land, or to land at a higher or lower level, or be altered in form, he may require the licensee, to remove or alter the supply line, posts or equipment accordingly.
(2)
If the licensee omits to comply with the requisition, the person may apply in writing to the Director which may, in his discretion, after enquiring into all the facts of the case, reject the application or make an order, either absolutely or subject to certain conditions, for the removal or alteration of the supply line, posts or equipment and the order shall provide for the payment of the cost of executing the removal or alteration by the licensee or by the person making the application, as the Director may consider equitable in the circumstances of the case.
(3)
Whenever the Director has made an order for the removal or alteration of any main supply line, the licensee may, instead of removing or altering the supply line, apply to the Director for the acquisition of such land as is required for the purposes of the supply line.
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(4)
The supply line referred to in subsection (3) shall be deemed to be a work of public utility and the Land Acquisition Ordinance shall be enforced accordingly.
(5)
Whenever a supply line has been laid, or post or equipment erected on
State land by a licensee and the land is subsequently alienated to any person, the owner or occupier of the land may, unless the terms of alienation expressly provide otherwise, require the removal of the supply line to another part of the land, or to land at a higher or lower level, or the alteration of the supply line, post or equipment, and subsections (1) to (4) shall apply to any such requisition and the cost of executing the removal or alteration shall be defrayed by the person making the requisition.