R-8 - Act respecting the Régie des services publics

Section 27 Disposition versions

1977-12-31

27. Whenever the Board decides that the owner of a public service has the right to enter a municipality for the purpose of placing therein the poles, wires, pipes, conduits or other appliances of such owner, upon, over or under any property belonging to the municipal corporation, and whenever such owner cannot come to an agreement with such municipality as to the use of said property or as to the terms or conditions of the use thereof or of the continuance of such use, the Board shall have exclusive jurisdiction to hear and decide any contestation arising with respect thereto and may permit the use or continuance of the use of such property upon such terms and conditions as it may prescribe.

The same shall apply whenever the owner of a public service is authorized to extend his service into new territory and cannot come to an agreement with the municipal corporations situated therein, for the use of the properties of the said corporations, and the Board may permit him, for such purposes, upon the terms and conditions fixed by the Board, the use of such properties, notwithstanding any law or contract granting to any other person or company exclusive rights in such territories or parts of such territories.

R. S. 1964, c. 229, s. 26 (part).