24. Power to enter upon lands for survey, inspection, etc.
Feedback & supportThe Board may, for the purposes of this Act, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter at all reasonable hours in the daytime into and upon any building or land for the purpose of making any survey or inspection and for the purpose of executing any work authorised by this Act to be executed by the Board without being liable to pay any person any fee, charge or expense or to any legal proceedings or molestation whatsoever on account of such entry or of anything done in any part of the building or land in pursuance of this Act.
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board established under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1st October 1995 and continued by section 3;
Subject to subsection (3), the Board shall not enter into any dwelling-house in actual occupation, unless with the consent of the occupier thereof, without 6 hours’ previous notice to the occupier.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of any premises and includes the person having the charge, management or control of the premises either on his own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
The Minister may declare that any class of premises for the control and supervision of which regulations may be made under this Act shall be liable to night inspection, and thereupon any employee, agent or contractor in that behalf duly authorised in writing by the Board may, at any time of the day or night and without notice, enter using such force as may be necessary into and search or inspect any premises of the class specified in the declaration.
premises
“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;