Laying of communication pipes, etc

(1) Upon approval of the application referred to in section 98, the licensee shall lay the necessary communication pipe and any part of the supply pipe which is to be laid in a highway and shall connect the communication pipe with the supply pipe. (2) Where in accordance with sub-section (1), any part of the supply pipe is to be laid in a highway, the licensee may elect to lay a main in the highway for such distance as he thinks fit in lieu of a supply pipe, and in that case, shall lay a communication pipe from the main and connect it with the supply pipe. (3) The expenses to be incurred by the licensee in executing the work which he is required or authorized by this section to execute shall be payable to him in advance by the person by whom the application was made, in accordance with the scale of the charges prescribed therefore, except that if under this section the licensee lays a main in lieu of part of a supply pipe, the extra cost incurred in laying a main instead of a supply pipe shall be borne by the licensee. 93