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Article 2

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The carrying out, on, in or under any land to which this order applies, of operations for the purposes of:—

(a)

the laying of telecommunication cables;

(b)

the installation of troughs to house such cables;

(c)

the erection or construction of structures to house signal regeneration equipment and the installation of such equipment;

(d)

the repair, maintenance, alteration or removal of cables, structures or equipment of the kinds described in paragraphs (a) to (c) above,

is hereby permitted, subject to the following conditions:—

(i)

no structure shall be erected, constructed or extended in pursuance of this permission so as to have a height exceeding 3 metres from ground level or (except in the case of a trough to house a telecommunication cable) to cover a ground area exceeding 5 square metres;

(ii)

no development shall be carried out in pursuance of this permission after the expiration of the period of 25 years beginning with the date when this order comes into operation.