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Waterworks Clauses Act 1952
32HPower of Minister to perform work required
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32H Power of Minister to perform work required
*[Section 32H Inserted by No. 17 of 1989, s. 6 ]*Where the undertakers have for a period of 6 months failed to comply with an order served on them under section 32F (1) , the Minister may –
(a) perform all or any of the work to which the order relates; and
(b) recover from the undertakers in any court of competent jurisdiction the reasonable cost of doing that work.