SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1938 - SECT 22L
Minister may carry out work where advance is not made
SOIL CONSERVATION ACT 1938 - SECT 22L
Minister may carry out work where advance is not made
22L Minister may carry out work where advance is not made
(1) Where the owner or occupier of any lands desires the Minister to carry out
works and is prepared to pay in cash for the carrying out of such works, the
Minister may carry out or have carried out in pursuance of section 13, the
works on such terms and conditions, including the charge to be paid therefor
or the manner in which such charge is to be assessed, as may be agreed upon by
the owner or occupier and the Minister.
(2) A certificate under the hand of
the Minister or such person as may be authorised by the Minister in that
behalf, of the amount payable by the owner or occupier for any such works
shall be forwarded to the owner or occupier, which certificate shall, where
the charge to be paid for the works is the actual cost incurred by the
Minister in carrying out the works, be accepted as final and conclusive
evidence of the charge payable by the owner or occupier.
Such amount until paid shall be and remain a debt due to the Minister and if
not paid in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed upon shall be
recoverable by the Minister in any court of competent jurisdiction.