Section 32: Cables across rivers, etc.

(1) The Authority shall not without first having obtained the approval of the Minister in writing, place any electric cable across any navigable river or navigable waterway, whether such cable is placed above or below water or under the ground.
(2) Where such approval is given, the Authority shall publish a notice, declaring the delineated area to be a prohibited area for anchorage, in the case of a cable placed below water and restricting the height of vessels which may pass through the area, in the case of a cable placed above water.
(3) If any person requires the position or height of such cable placed across such navigable river or waterway to be altered, the Minister may, by notice in writing, require the Authority to alter the position or height of the cable, subject to conditions which, failing agreement between the parties, may be prescribed by the Minister and the cost of such alteration shall be paid to the Authority by the person or body requiring the alteration and the Authority shall not be compelled to carry out the alteration until the payment of the cost thereof has been secured to it.