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Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012
sec.20Coordinator-General or associated person may enter land and carry out railway works
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### sec.20 Coordinator-General or associated person may enter land and carry out railway works
The Coordinator-General, or an associated person authorised in writing by the Coordinator-General, may enter the Surat Basin rail corridor land and land adjacent to that land for carrying out railway works.
The Coordinator-General or associated person may, to the extent reasonably necessary or convenient to achieve the purpose of the entry under subsection (1) , do any of the following—
on the land, make an inspection, investigation, valuation or survey, or take levels;
dig and bore into the land to find out the nature of the soil or substrata of the land, and mark the lines of any works on the land;
attach or set up on the land trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or poles and inspect, alter, remove, reinstate and repair the land;
occupy the land;
on the occupied land—
construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or
erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or
make roads, cuttings and excavations; or
manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or
deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.
The power to enter land under this section includes power—
to enter and re-enter the land; and
to remain on the land for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry; and
to take assistants, vehicles, materials, equipment and things necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.
(sec.20-ssec.1) The Coordinator-General, or an associated person authorised in writing by the Coordinator-General, may enter the Surat Basin rail corridor land and land adjacent to that land for carrying out railway works.
(sec.20-ssec.2) The Coordinator-General or associated person may, to the extent reasonably necessary or convenient to achieve the purpose of the entry under subsection (1) , do any of the following— on the land, make an inspection, investigation, valuation or survey, or take levels; dig and bore into the land to find out the nature of the soil or substrata of the land, and mark the lines of any works on the land; attach or set up on the land trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or poles and inspect, alter, remove, reinstate and repair the land; occupy the land; on the occupied land— construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or make roads, cuttings and excavations; or manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.
(sec.20-ssec.3) The power to enter land under this section includes power— to enter and re-enter the land; and to remain on the land for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry; and to take assistants, vehicles, materials, equipment and things necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.
- (a) on the land, make an inspection, investigation, valuation or survey, or take levels;
- (b) dig and bore into the land to find out the nature of the soil or substrata of the land, and mark the lines of any works on the land;
- (c) attach or set up on the land trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or poles and inspect, alter, remove, reinstate and repair the land;
- (d) occupy the land;
- (e) on the occupied land— (i) construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or (ii) erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or (iii) make roads, cuttings and excavations; or (iv) manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or (v) deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or (vi) take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or (vii) demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.
- (i) construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or
- (ii) erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or
- (iii) make roads, cuttings and excavations; or
- (iv) manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or
- (v) deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
- (vi) take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
- (vii) demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.
- (i) construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or
- (ii) erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or
- (iii) make roads, cuttings and excavations; or
- (iv) manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or
- (v) deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
- (vi) take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or
- (vii) demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.
- (a) to enter and re-enter the land; and
- (b) to remain on the land for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry; and
- (c) to take assistants, vehicles, materials, equipment and things necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.