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XCR(80) 205
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An additional financial commitment may result from the provisions of sections 8 and 9 of Chapter 53. The relevant parts of these two sections read as follows:
"8(1) Subject to this section, the Authority may, with the prior approval of the Governor, pay to the owner or lawful occupier of a monument compensation in respect of financial loss suffered or likely to be suffered by him by reason of
(b)
a refusal to grant a permit or any conditions imposed in a permit.
The compensation shall be such amount as may be
(2)
(a)
agreed between the Authority and the owner or lawful occupier of the monument; or
(b)
assessed by a District Court under section 9.
9(1) In default of an agreement under subsection 8(2)(a), the owner or lawful occupier may apply to the District Court to assess the compensation payable under section 8.
(2) The District Court may, on such an application, award to the applicant such compensation as it thinks reasonable in the circumstances.
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The word permit in section 8(1)(b) refers to section 6(1) which reads:
"No person shall
(a)
excavate, carry on building or other works, plant or fell trees or deposit earth or
refuse in or on a monument; or
(b)
demolish, remove, obstruct, de face or interfere with a monument except in accordance with a permit granted by the Authority.
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