96(1)If an easement that permits or provides for the right to lay or maintain underground cables or conduits is recorded or registered in the appropriate land registration office by way of expropriation proceedings or recorded or registered agreements or otherwise, no person has any right of action or shall seek to enforce any claim against the Corporation or another distribution electric utility or transmitter for damages suffered, resulting directly or indirectly from any underground cable or conduit maintained in accordance with the terms of the easement, whether by reason of interference by anyone with the cable or conduit or otherwise.

96(2)Any person damaging or interfering with a cable or conduit described in subsection (1) is liable to the Corporation, distribution electric utility or transmitter for damages or loss suffered by it by reason of the damage or interference.

96(3)Subsection (2) is subject to any agreement in effect between the Corporation or another distribution electric utility or transmitter, as the case may be, and the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure, the New Brunswick Highway Corporation or a project company as defined in the New Brunswick Highway Corporation Act.