Acquisition of private property

(1) Where the acquisition of any private property or an interest in any private property by a public telecommunications service provider is reasonably required for the purposes of providing telecommunication services to the public and no reasonable alternatives to such acquisition exist, the provider shall– (a) provide notice of the proposed acquisition to the owner of the property and other property owners who reasonably could be expected to be affected by the proposed acquisition, and seek their written comments on the proposed (b) obtain the consent of the property owner to the acquisition or use of such property. (2) In the absence of such consent or on failure to agree to terms of purchase, the public telecommunication service provider may apply to the relevant authority having jurisdiction over such private property to cause such authority to undertake the proposed acquisition under applicable expropriation laws. 39 (3) The public telecommunication service provider shall indemnify the relevant authority against all the costs of acquisition of the property under expropriation laws including amounts payable to the owner of the property to be acquired. telecommunicati ons provider to etc.