Section 26:
consolidated text (as at 2016). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
26. Undertakers to be responsible for damage
The undertakers shall be answerable for all accidents, damages and injuries
happening through their act or default or the act or default of any person in
their employment by reason of or in consequence of any undertakers’ works,
and shall save harmless all authorities, companies, bodies and persons by
whom any street is repairable, and all other authorities, companies and bodies
collectively and individually, and their officers and servants, from all damages
and costs in respect of those accidents, damages and injuries, and occupiers
of land for which a wayleave has been granted shall not be answerable for any
damage caused to the undertakers’ lines thereon or thereunder in the execution of the occupiers’ work, where all reasonable precautions were taken by
the occupiers of the land to avoid damaging the undertakers’ lines.