Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Water Undertaking of Board
24B. Board may act in cases of emergency
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Despite anything in section 24, 24A, 31, 32 or 33, where the Board considers that immediate action is necessary —
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;
upon the occurrence of an emergency, fire or excessive drought;
because the quality of water supplied fails to meet the standards required by the Board;
to facilitate the repair, alteration, replacement or maintenance of any main, installation or water installation;
to avoid undue interference with the supply of water to consumers; (e)to conserve water supply; or
in the interests of public safety or for other reasons affecting public interest,the Board may immediately and without notice enter any premises and carry out, or direct the immediate execution of, any work or the doing of any act, being any work or act authorised under any of those sections, which is in the opinion of the Board necessary for the service or safety of the public.
Where, under subsection (1), the Board carries out, or directs the immediate execution of, any work or the doing of any act authorised under section 33(2)(b), the Board may recover, as a debt due to it, from the person who caused the hindrance or obstruction, or likely hindrance or obstruction, mentioned in section 33, any cost or expense reasonably incurred by the Board as a result of the work or act.