CANBERRA WATER SUPPLY (GOOGONG DAM) ACT 1974 - SECT 9 Power to occupy land

CANBERRA WATER SUPPLY (GOOGONG DAM) ACT 1974 - SECT 9

  (1)   Where:

  (a)   the occupier of land has consented in writing to the Executive entering upon the land and doing an act specified in subsection   ( 2); or

  (b)   a warrant granted under subsection   10(1) authorizes the Executive to enter upon land and do such an act;

the Executive may for the purposes of this Act:

  (c)   enter upon and occupy the land; and

  (d)   do that act on land so occupied.

  (2)   The acts referred to in subsection   ( 1) are:

  (a)   to construct, build or place any plant, machinery, equipment or goods;

  (b)   to take or deposit sand, clay, stone, earth, gravel, timber, wood or other materials or things;

  (c)   to make cuttings or excavations;

  (d)   to erect workshops, sheds and other buildings;

  (e)   to make roads; and

  (f)   to manufacture and work materials of any kind.

  (3)   The Executive may demolish, destroy or remove on or from land occupied in pursuance of subsection   ( 1) any plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshop, shed, building or road constructed, built, placed or erected on the land in pursuance of that subsection.

  (4)   A person shall not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct or hinder the exercise of the powers or rights of the Executive under this section.

Penalty:   2 penalty units .

  (5)   Before occupying land in pursuance of a warrant, the Executive shall, upon demand by the occupier of the land, cause the warrant to be produced to the occupier.

  (6)   In this section, a reference to land includes a reference to land owned or occupied by a State.