Territory may carry out work if owner contravenes order
88 Territory may carry out work if owner contravenes order
This section applies if:
(a) the owner of a heritage place or object does not comply with a repair order for the place or object; and
either:
(i) the period allowed for starting an appeal against the decision to issue the repair order has ended and no appeal has been started; or
(ii) an appeal against the decision to issue the repair order has been finally decided and is unsuccessful.
(2) A heritage officer may enter the place, or place where the object is located, and have the work carried out.
(3) The reasonable cost incurred by the Territory in carrying out the work is a debt owing to the Territory by the owner.
(4) In addition, if the order relates to a heritage place comprising land, the order is an overriding statutory charge, as defined in section 4 of the Land Title Act 2000, on the land.
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