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WATER AGENCIES (POWERS) ACT 1984 - SECT 84

84 .         Property in works

        (1)         Where the Corporation places or has placed, or causes or permits or has caused or permitted any works or other things to be placed upon, in, over or under any land in the exercise or purported exercise of a power conferred by this Act or a relevant Act those works or other things shall be taken to have been lawfully so placed.

        (1a)         Where the Minister places or has placed, or causes or permits or has caused or permitted any works or other things to be placed upon, in, over or under any land for the purposes of this Act or a relevant Act those works or other things shall be taken to have been lawfully so placed.

        (2)         Those works or other things shall at all times continue to be the property of the Minister or the Corporation, unless the Minister or the Corporation has otherwise agreed or may otherwise determine, and the Minister or the Corporation shall be deemed to have a right of access thereto for the purposes of this Act and any relevant Act.

        (3)         The Minister or the Corporation may remove from, or demolish or destroy on, any land which is or has been occupied by the Minister or the Corporation, any plant, buildings, road, or other works placed or caused to be placed thereon by the Minister or the Corporation or by permission of the Minister or the Corporation.

        (4)         In this section, a reference to the Minister or the Corporation includes a reference to a former Minister, to the former Authority, to the former Commission and to a statutory authority.

        [Section 84 inserted by No. 25 of 1985 s. 19; amended by No. 73 of 1995 s. 39 and 42; No. 38 of 2007 s. 123 and 135.]



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