8 Telecommunications PART III—POWER Power TO PLACE AND Cap. 173 TELECOMMUNICATION POSTS to place telecommunication Ed. 1978 LINES lines and posts 10. The telecommunication authority may from time to time place and maintain a telecommunication line under, over, along or across, and posts in or upon, any real property and do all such works and things as may be necessary for such purpose including cutting and removing on each side of any proposed or existing line all such trees and underwood as may interfere or be likely to interfere with the construction or proper working of any telecommunication line: Provided that— . (a) the telecommunication authority shall not exercise the powers conferred by this section except for the purposes of a telecommunication established or maintained by the Government, or to be so established or maintained; (b) the Government shall not acquire any right other than that of user only (c) in in the property under, over, along, across, in or upon which the telecommunication authority places any telecommunication line or post; and the exercise of the powers conferred by this section, the telecommunication authority shall do as little damage as possible, and, when he has exercised those powers in respect of any property, other than property across which a right is reserved to Government whether expressly or by implication to make telecommunications without compensation, shall pay compensation to all persons interested for any damage sustained by them by reason of the exercise of those powers. Power to enter on property 11. The telecommunication authority, .any time for the purpose of examining, telecommunication line or post, enter on the or upon which the line or post has been Power to alter position of overhead his officers, servants and agents may at repairing, altering or removing any property under, over, along, across, in placed. wires and gas and water pipes and drains » 12, The telecommunication authority may, for the purpose of exercising the powers conferred upon him by this Act, alter the position of any high tension or other overhead wire or of any pipe (not being a main) for the supply of gas or water, or of any drain (not being a main drain): Provided that— (a) when the telecommunication authority desires to alter the position of any such high tension or other overhead wire or pipe or drain, he shali give reasonable notice of his intention to do so, specifying the time at which he will begin to do so, the person under whose control the wire or pipe or drain is; and (b) a person receiving notice under the provisions of paragraph (a) may send a person to superintend the work arid the telecommunication authority shall execute the work to the reasonable satisfaction of the so sent. vane person