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Water Management Act 1999
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127 Power to carry out works
(1) Where an order under section 126 has been contravened in whole or in part within the period specified in the order, the Minister may authorise a person to enter any land on which the well to which the order relates is situated and cause such works as are necessary to be carried out to ensure compliance with the order.
(2) The Minister may recover in any court of competent jurisdiction as a debt due to the Crown from the person on whom the order was served any expense actually and reasonably incurred in carrying out the works to which the order relates.