Clause 16

in subsection (1), replace “or 30” with “, 30, 30E(8), 30F(6), 30G(7), 30H(5), 30I(4), 30N(4) or 30O(3)”;

in subsection (1), replace paragraph (b) with —“(b)any authorised officer may, under section 44 —

in connection with a notice under section 4(6) or (7), 6, 10, 11, 12, 14, 15, 20, 22A, 22B(2) or (3B), 23, 24, 25 or 30, enter the premises and execute the works specified in the notice; and

in connection with a notice under section 30E(8), 30F(6), 30G(7), 30H(5), 30I(4), 30N(4) or 30O(3), enter one or more of the following:

the prescribed place to which the notice relates;

any adjacent prescribed place;

any premises owned by the owner who was served the notice that are adjacent to, or are part of a row of premises (all of which are so owned) leading to, the firstmentioned prescribed place,and do anything necessary to protect (including on a temporary basis) against coastal flooding at or through the firstmentioned prescribed place.”; and

replace subsection (2) with —“(2) The Board may, as it thinks just, recover the costs and expenses reasonably and necessarily incurred in carrying out the works executed or things done under subsection (1)(b) as follows:

recover the costs and expenses from the person in default;

if more than one person was served the notice or could have been served the notice —

recover the costs and expenses from any of those persons; or

apportion the costs and expenses among all or any of those persons and recover the sums apportioned from those persons,and, if any person is the owner of the premises, section 50 applies in respect of those costs and expenses.”.