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In force1988 Revised Edition

Part V · Further Rights and Powers of Corporation for Purposes of Construction and Operation of Mass Rapid Transit System

40. Utility services

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(1)

The Corporation may serve notice on the owner or supplier of any gas, electricity, water, telecommunication, sewerage or drainage services to alter the course or position of any wire, line, cable, pipe, tube, casing, duct, post, structure or other apparatus which belongs to or is maintained by that owner or supplier and to repair any street surface thereby disturbed if in the opinion of the Corporation such alteration is required for the purposes of the construction, operation, maintenance or improvement of the railway.

(2)

A notice under subsection (1) shall —

(a)

specify the apparatus or structure to which the notice applies and set out the Corporation’s requirements as to the alteration of its course or position and the repair of any street surface;

(b)

stipulate the period within which such work shall be carried out;

(c)

be served upon the owner or supplier at least one month before the commencement of that period; and

(d)

state that any person entitled to compensation under this Act may serve a written claim upon the Corporation.[33

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