On 19/10/2012 09:54, Nightjar wrote:
On 18/10/2012 22:04, Michael Kilpatrick wrote:

It is a statutory duty, under Section 29 of the Electricity Act 1989, to
protect the public from danger arising from the generation, transmission
or supply of electricity. That means that any potentially dangerous
situation must be dealt with immediately it is known about.


If the utility and distribution companies were doing their job, overhead
cables would be inspected every year or two. Clearly they are not.

It is the land owner's responsibility to ensure that trees do not
encroach upon overhead lines.

Oh, blimey, now we've got to decide whether those trees are part of a
verge which is Cambridgeshire County Council's concern, or whether they
are actually part of the field which they enclose. Hmmm, fun...

Michael