Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 5 · Offences
57. Duty to enquire before excavation
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Any person who digs, bores, trenches, grades, excavates, tunnels or breaks any ground with any mechanical equipment, tool or explosive, or allows the person’s employee or agent to do so, without first —
obtaining from the Board the relevant plans or records to ascertain the location of any main or pipe belonging to or under the management or control of the Board that may be interfered with by such works;
carrying out trial trenches to physically ascertain the location of any such main or pipe that may be interfered with by such works; and
complying with any other requirements that the Board may specify to protect any such main or pipe within the vicinity of such works,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $50,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 years or to both.
For the purpose of subsection (1)(a), any person may, on payment of the prescribed fee, be permitted to inspect and take copies of the relevant plans or records maintained by or on behalf of the Board.
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;