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Board may acquire land, etc., compulsorily.
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5.—(1) For the purpose of executing all or any of the scheduled works (whether the Board executes such works itself or by a contractor) the Board may do all or any of the following things, that is to say:—
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(a) compulsorily acquire (either permanently or temporarily) any lands or premises;
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(b) compulsorily acquire (either permanently or temporarily) any easement, way-leave, water right, fishing right, or other right over or in respect of any lands, premises, or water;
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(c) compulsorily terminate, restrict, or otherwise interfere with (either permanently or temporarily) any easement, way-leave, water right, fishing right, or other right existing over or in respect of any lands, premises, or water;
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(d) compulsorily divert, close, remove, or otherwise interfere with (either permanently or temporarily) any public or private road, way, or bridge, or any canal or other artificial water-way or any artificial watercourse;
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(e) compulsorily interfere with any lands or premises.
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(2) At any time after the passing of this Act and before conveyance or ascertainment of price or compensation, but subject to giving not less than one month's or, in the case of an occupied dwelling house, three months' previous notice in writing to the occupier of the lands or premises or the owner of the easement or other property or right affected, the Board (and every contractor authorised so to do by the Board) may enter on and take possession of any lands or premises or exercise any right which the Board is authorised by this section to acquire compulsorily, or may terminate, restrict, or otherwise interfere with any easement or other property or right which the Board is authorised by this section compulsorily to terminate, restrict, or interfere with, or may divert, close, remove, or otherwise interfere with any road, way, bridge, water-way, or water-course which the Board is authorised by this section compulsorily to divert, close, remove, or interfere with.
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(3) Whenever the Board is of opinion that the payment of compensation for the flooding of or other interference with any lands or premises under this section would be uneconomic or for any other reason inexpedient, the Board may acquire permanently such lands or premises under this section either compulsorily or by agreement.
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