Irrigation Clauses Act 1973
10Power to break up highways, open drains, and lay pipes
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10 Power to break up highways, open drains, and lay pipes
The undertakers, under such superintendence as is specified in section 12 , may open and break up the soil and pavement of any highway or bridge within the limits of the special Act , and may open and break up any sewers, drains, or tunnels within or under such highways and bridges, and make, lay down and place within those limits channels, service pipes, and other works and engines, and repair, alter, or remove them, and for those purposes remove and use all earth and materials in and under such highways and bridges, and do all other acts that the undertakers deem necessary for the purposes of the special Act .