New South Wales Consolidated Acts

GAS SUPPLY ACT 1996 - SECT 50

50 Obstruction of gas works

(1) This section applies if a network operator has reasonable cause to believe that any structure of thing placed in, on or near its gas works is destroying, damaging or interfering with those works.

(2) In those circumstances, a network operator:

(a) may serve a written notice on the person having control of the structure or thing requiring that person to modify or remove it, or

(b) in an emergency, may, at its own expense, modify or remove the structure or thing itself.

(3) A notice under subsection (2) (a):

(a) must specify the work to be carried out, and

(b) must specify a reasonable time within which the work is to be carried out.

(4) If the person fails to carry out the work in accordance with the requirement, the network operator may carry out the work itself.

(5) The costs of:

(a) carrying out the work, and

(b) repairing any damage done to the network operator’s gas works by the structure or thing,

may be recovered by the network operator in a court of competent jurisdiction as a debt owed to it by the person.

(6) A network operator may apply for an injunction to prevent a structure or thing being placed in, on or near its gas works.