Irrigation Clauses Act 1973
66Undertakers to make compensation to owner, lessee, or occupier of mines for expenses incurred by severance of mines, or by interruptions of or restrictions on works, and for minerals not obtained
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66 Undertakers to make compensation to owner, lessee, or occupier of mines for expenses incurred by severance of mines, or by interruptions of or restrictions on works, and for minerals not obtained
(1) Except where otherwise provided for by agreement the undertakers shall pay to the owner, lessee, or occupier of any mines of coal, ironstone, and other minerals extending so as to lie on both sides of any reservoirs, buildings, channels, or other works, all such additional expenses and losses as shall be incurred by that owner, lessee, or occupier by reason of the severance of the lands over those mines or minerals by the reservoirs or other works, or of the interruption of the continuous working of the mines or minerals under section 63 , or by reason of their being worked under the restrictions contained in this Act or the special Act , and for any mines or minerals not purchased by the undertakers which cannot be obtained by reason of making and maintaining the said works or by reason of such apprehended injury from the working thereof.
(2) *[Section 66 Subsection (2) amended by No. 24 of 1993, s. 3 and Sched. 1 ]*If any dispute or question arises between the undertakers and the owner, lessee, or occupier touching the price of such minerals, the price is to be settled as if it were compensation, and as if there was a disputed claim for compensation, under the Land Acquisition Act 1993 .