Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Water Undertaking of Board
32. Power to enter upon premises adjacent to works
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The Board may, by its employees, agents or contractors, enter any premises adjoining to or being within the distance of 100 metres of any works by this Act authorised to be made —
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;
for the purpose of depositing upon the premises any soil, gravel, sand, lime, brick, stone or other materials; or
for any other purpose connected with those works,without making any previous payment, tender or deposit.
However, the Board must not enter any premises for the purposes specified in subsection (1) unless the Board has given at least 7 days’ written notice of its intention to enter to every owner and occupier of the premises.
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;
A notice mentioned in subsection (2) must —
state the estimated period (if any) during which the Board intends to temporarily occupy or take possession of the premises;
give a brief description of the works (if any) which are to be carried out in or on the premises;
describe the area or extent of the land and the subterranean space needed for the carrying out of the works mentioned in paragraph (b); and
state that the owner or occupier of the premises may serve on the Board a claim of compensation for the items of loss, damage or cost set out in the first column of the Fourth Schedule to the extent of the loss, damage or cost suffered or incurred by the owner or occupier of the premises.