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Access to Neighbouring Land Act 2000
32Repair and maintenance of joint services
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#### 32 Repair and maintenance of joint services
32 Repair and maintenance of joint services
> > (1) If 2 or more owners of land are jointly entitled to the use of a utility service, those persons are jointly liable for any repair or maintenance of that service by or on behalf of one of the owners if:
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> > > (a) the owner who carried out the repair or maintenance or on whose behalf it is carried out is liable for that repair or maintenance as a user of the service, and
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> > > (b) that liability does not arise from any fault of the owner by or on whose behalf the repair or maintenance is carried out.
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> > (2) This section is subject to any contract or arrangement between the owner and the provider of the utility service and to the provisions of any other Act.