Preventive
works on land and buildings.
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seabed affected thereby and the manner in which it will be affected:
(b) describe briefly any works to be carried out; (c) state where and at what times a copy of the order and a plan of the affected urea of street, foreshore or seabed may be inspected pursuant to subsection (2)(b); and (d) state that any person entitled to compensation under this Ordinance may serve a written claim upon the Director.
12. (1) The Director, or any person acting under his au- and remedial thority, may for the purposes of the railway enter and carry out all reasonably necessary work of a preventive or remedial nature on any land or building situate wholly or partly within the railway ares or wholly or partly within 30 metres thereof and may also enter any such land or building in order to carry out any inspec- tion or survey which is reasonably necessary for the purposes of this subsection.
(2) No person shall, for the purposes of subsection (1), enter any land or building which is occupied without giving to the owner and the occupier at least 14 days' notice of his intention so to do unless-
(a) the Director is of the opinion that an emergency exists
which necessitates immediate entry; or
(b) the entry is required only for the purpose of an inspec-
tion or survey.
(3) A notice of entry referred to in subsection (2)
(a) shall describe the purpose of the entry and the nature
of any work to be carried out; and
(b) shall be deemed to be given to and received by an owner or occupier if a written notice is affixed to a conspicuous part of the land or building to be entered. (4) In subsection (1) "work of a preventive or remedial nature" means the underpinning or strengthening of any land or building and other work thereon intended to render it reasonably safe or to repair damage caused in the course of the construction or operation of the railway.
(5) The decision of the Director that any work is of a preventive or remedial nature or that such work or any inspection or survey is reasonably necessary shall be final,
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(6) The Director, or any person acting under his authority, may as occasion may require enter and resurvey any land or build- ing in respect of which any of the powers contained in subsection (1) have been exercised and may in relation to that land or build- ing exercise such powers as often as occasion may require.
services.
13. (1) The Director may serve notice on the owner or Utlity supplier of any gas, electricity, water or telecommunication services to alter the course or position of any wire, line, cable, pipe, tube, casing, duct, post or other apparatus which belongs to or is maintained by that owner or supplier and to repair any street surface thereby disturbed if in the opinion of the Director such alteration is required for the purposes of the construction, opera- tion, maintenance or improvement of the railway.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) shall-
(2) specify the apparatus to which the notice applies and set out the Director's requirements as to the alteration of its course or position and the repair of any street surface;
(6) stipulated the period within which such work shall be
carried out; and
(c) be served upon the owner or supplier not later than
one month before the commencement of that period.
14. (1) The Director may give notice to the owner of any Removal of building in the railway area requiring him to remove any object Projections or obstruc- or structure described in the notice which is attached to or projects Gous. from the building if in the opinion of the Director the removal of the object or structure is required for the purposes of the con- struction of the railway.
(2) A notice under subsection (1) may be given to the owner of a building and shall be deemed to have been received by him if it is affixed to some conspicuous part of the building to or from which the object or structure is attached or projects.
(3) A notice under subsection (1) shall-
(a) describe the object or structure to be removed;
(6) stipulate the period within which the work of removal
shall be carried out;
(c) be given to the owner of the building not later than 14 days before the commencement of that period; and
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