§ If the owner, lessee, or occupier of any land or building refuses or fails to give his consent to the placing of a telegraphic line under, in, upon, over, along or across the land or building within two months after being required to do so by notice from the Postmaster-General, a difference shall be deemed to have arisen between the Postmaster-General and that owner, lessee, or occupier, and Sections three, four, and five of the Telegraph Act, 1878, shall apply accordingly as if it were a difference arising under that Act: Provided that the tribunal to which the difference is referred under these Sections shall not give its consent to the placing of the line unless satisfied that such refusal or failure is contrary to the public interest: Provided also that, subject as aforesaid, all the provisions of the Telegraph Act, 1863, shall apply in the case of the exercise of any powers authorised to be exercised under this Section, and such owner, lessee, or occupier, shall have and enjoy all the benefits of such provisions.
§ Lords Amendment: After the word "interest" ["to the public interest"], insert the words "and in deciding whether to give its consent or to impose any terms, conditions, or stipulations, including the carrying of any portion of the line underground, the tribunal shall, among other considerations have regard to the effect, if any, on the amenities or value of the land of the placing of the line in the manner proposed."
§ Motion made, and Question proposed, "That this House doth agree with the Lords in the said Amendment."—[Mr. Bea.]
§ Question put, and agreed to.