(1) A council may, by agreement with the owner or occupier
of any private land, carry out on the land any kind of work that may lawfully
be carried out on the land.
Note : Examples of the kind of work that a council
might carry out under this section include--
• paving and roadmaking
• kerbing and guttering
• fencing and ditching
• tree
planting and tree maintenance
• demolition and excavation
• land
clearing and tree felling
• water, sewerage and drainage connections
• gas and electricity connections.
(2) A council must not carry out work
under this section unless--
(a) it proposes to charge an approved fee for
carrying out the work as determined by the council in accordance with Division
2 of Part 10 of Chapter 15, or
(b) if it proposes to charge an amount less
than the approved fee, the decision to carry out the work is made, and the
proposed fee to be charged is determined, by resolution of the council at an
open meeting before the work is carried out.
(3) A council must include
details or a summary of any resolutions made under this section and of work
carried out under subsection (2)(b) in its next annual report.
(4) A report
of work to which subsection (2)(b) applies must be given to the next meeting
of the council after the work is carried out specifying--
• the person
for whom the work was carried out
• the nature of the work
• the
type and quantity of materials used
• the charge made for those
materials
• the total of the number of hours taken by each person who
carried out the work
• the total amount charged for carrying out the
work (including the charge made for materials)
• the reason for carrying
out the work.
(5) This section does not apply to work carried out by a
council, or by two or more councils jointly, for another council or for a
public authority.
(6) This section does not apply to any graffiti removal
work carried out by a council in accordance with Part 4 of the Graffiti
Control Act 2008 .
