New South Wales Consolidated Acts

HUNTER WATER ACT 1991 - SECT 24

24 Altering position of conduit

(1) The Corporation may serve a written notice on a person if:

(a) the Corporation, in order to comply with the operating licence, needs an alteration to be made in the position of a conduit owned by the person, and

(b) the alteration would not permanently damage the conduit or adversely affect its operation.

(2) The notice must:

(a) specify the alteration needed, and

(b) require the alteration to be made within a reasonable time stated in the notice, and

(c) include an undertaking by the Corporation to pay the reasonable cost of the alteration.

(3) If the alteration is not made as required by the notice, the Corporation may make the alteration in a manner that does not damage the conduit permanently or adversely affect its operation on completion of the alteration.

(4) In this section, "conduit" means anything that is in or under a public road and is used for the conveyance of a substance, energy or signals.