14Appropriate Authority may carry out investigations, prepare estimates etc

14 Appropriate Authority may carry out investigations, prepare estimates etc

14 Appropriate Authority may carry out investigations, prepare estimates etc

(1) The appropriate Authority may—

(a) supervise, on behalf of any owner, the carrying out of any works on any farming lands, and

(b) carry out surveys and investigations and prepare designs for and estimates of cost of any works proposed to be carried out on any farming lands.

(2) The charge to be paid to the appropriate Authority for any supervision or technical work carried out by it pursuant to the provisions of subsection (1) may—

(a) where so agreed between the owner and the appropriate Authority be paid for in cash by the owner,

(b) be the subject of an advance under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or

(c) be included in the amount of any advance which is made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act for the carrying out of any works.

(3) Where the charge for any supervision or technical work carried out by the appropriate Authority under the provisions of subsection (1) is the subject of an advance under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, or where any such charge is included in the amount of any advance being made under and in accordance with the provisions of this Act, the Rural Assistance Authority shall, out of the moneys to be advanced to the owner, pay the appropriate Authority the amount of such charge and any such amount paid by the Rural Assistance Authority to the appropriate Authority shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to have been advanced to the owner.

s 14: Am 1986 No 104, Sch 1 (14).