13Appropriate Authority may carry out work where advance is made

13 Appropriate Authority may carry out work where advance is made

13 Appropriate Authority may carry out work where advance is made

(1) Where the owner or occupier of any farming lands desires the appropriate Authority to carry out works and is prepared to pay in cash for the carrying out of such works, the appropriate Authority may carry out 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 appropriate Authority.

(2) Notification in writing by the appropriate Authority certifying that a specified amount is the amount payable by the owner or occupier for any such works shall be forwarded to the owner or occupier and shall, where the charge to be paid for the works is the actual cost incurred by the appropriate Authority 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 appropriate Authority and if not paid in accordance with the terms and conditions agreed upon shall be recoverable by the appropriate Authority in any court of competent jurisdiction.

s 13: Am 1986 No 104, Sch 1 (13); 1987 No 209, Sch 14 (2).