Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Water Undertaking of Board
24. Power to enter upon premises for survey, inspection, etc.
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The Board may, for the purposes of this Act, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter any premises at all reasonable hours in the day or night, or at any other time that may be agreed with the owner or occupier of the premises, 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 on account of such entry or of anything done in any part of the premises under this Act.
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;
Subject to subsection (3), the Board must not by its employees, agents or contractors enter any dwelling house in actual occupation, except with the consent of the occupier of the house, 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 the person’s 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 are liable to inspection at any time of the day or night, and upon the declaration any employee, agent or contractor duly authorised in writing by the Board to do so may, at any time of the day or night and without notice, enter using such force as may be necessary 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;