STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 136 Powers in respect of land for purposes of works

STATE DEVELOPMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS ORGANISATION ACT 1971 - SECT 136

136 Powers in respect of land for purposes of works

(1) In connection with the undertaking by the Coordinator-General of authorised works or in connection with any other works undertaken or to be undertaken pursuant to authority conferred under this Act, the Coordinator-General or his or her delegate, an officer or employee of the Coordinator-General, or any person authorised in writing by the Coordinator-General or his or her delegate may—

(a) enter upon any land; or

(b) on any land, make any inspection, investigation, valuation or survey, or take levels; or

(c) dig and bore into any land to ascertain the nature of the soil or substrata thereof, and set out thereon the lines of any works; or

(d) affix to or set up on any land trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or poles and, from time to time, inspect, alter, remove, reinstate and repair the same; or

(e) occupy any land; or

(f) on and from any land occupied by or on behalf of the Coordinator-General—

(i) construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or

(ii) erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or

(iii) make roads, cuttings and excavations; or

(iv) manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or

(v) deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or

(vi) take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or

(vii) demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.

(2) The power to enter land conferred by subsection (1) includes power—

(a) to enter and re-enter the land from time to time; and

(b) to remain upon the land for such time as is necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry; and

(c) to take such assistants, vehicles, materials, equipment and things as are necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.

(3) Where practicable, not less than 7 days notice in writing shall be given to the occupier or, if there is no occupier, the owner of land of the intention to enter thereon.

(4) Where entry to land is sought to be or has been made pursuant to authority in writing of the Coordinator-General or his or her delegate, the authority shall be produced and shown to the owner or occupier of the land upon his or her demand.