Telecommunications Services (Ducting and Cables) Act 2018
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Definitions | ||
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1. (1) In this Act— | ||
“Department” means Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment; | ||
“deposited map” has the meaning given to it by section 8 ; | ||
“ducting and cables” means any ducting and cables for the housing of any wires, cables (including fibre-optic cables), laser optical fibres, electronic data or impulse transmission communication or reception systems, all other conducting media or any other materials connected with or facilitating the performance by the Minister of any of his or her functions for telecommunications purposes and includes— | ||
(a) part of any such ducting and cables, or | ||
(b) any apparatus, equipment or other thing (or part thereof) which is ancillary to such ducting and cables or any of them whether moveable or permanent or which assists in the inspection, placement, maintenance, repair, replacement, rendering unusable or servicing of such ducting and cables or any of them, | ||
and references to “ducting” and “cables” shall be construed accordingly; | ||
“emergency” means any event or circumstance or combination of events or circumstances that is occurring, has occurred or may occur which adversely affects or may adversely affect the safety or operational integrity of the ducting and cables; | ||
“GNI” means Gas Networks Ireland being a designated activity company (within the meaning of the Companies Act 2014 ) incorporated in the State (registered number 555744) and having its registered office at Gasworks Road, Cork; | ||
“legal interest” has the meaning given to it by section 11 (4) of the Land and Conveyancing Law Reform Act 2009 ; | ||
“Mayo-Galway pipeline” means the transmission pipeline beginning at Bellanaboy Bridge Gas Terminal, County Mayo and terminating at Ballymoneen Above Ground Installation, County Galway; | ||
“Minister” means the Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment; | ||
“owner” means the owner of any estate, right or interest in or over land that consists of any part of the route; | ||
“relevant deed” means any deed of easement in respect of land that consists of any part of the route and that relates to ducting and cables or to ducting and cables and the Mayo-Galway pipeline, as the case may be, made between an owner (or any of his or her predecessors in title) and GNI (or any of its predecessors in title) before the vesting day; | ||
“route” means the continuous strip of land which is more particularly delineated on the deposited map and coloured red thereon; | ||
“transmission pipeline” has the meaning given to it by section 2 of the Gas (Interim) (Regulation) Act 2002 ; | ||
“vesting day” means the day appointed by order under section 3 (1) to be the vesting day. |