Australian Capital Territory Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

GAS ACT 1992 - SECT 77

77. (1) For the purpose of ascertaining the suitability of any land that is being considered as the site of a gas reticulation system, an authorised distributor may—

(a)     enter and inspect the land; and

(b)     make surveys, take levels, sink bores, dig pits and examine the soil or do anything else on the land that is necessary for that purpose.

(2) Before entering the land the authorised distributor shall give 2 business days notice in writing of its intention to do so to the owner and to the occupier of the land.

Penalty: $5,000.

(3) If, in the course of doing anything under paragraph (1) (b), an authorised distributor causes damage to the land, the distributor shall, so far as practicable, restore the land to the condition it was in immediately before the damage was caused.