Surat Basin Rail (Infrastructure Development and Management) Act 2012

The Coordinator-General, or an associated person authorised in writing by the Coordinator-General, may enter the Surat Basin rail corridor land and land adjacent to that land for carrying out railway works.

The Coordinator-General or associated person may, to the extent reasonably necessary or convenient to achieve the purpose of the entry under subsection (1), do any of the following—

on the land, make an inspection, investigation, valuation or survey, or take levels;

dig and bore into the land to find out the nature of the soil or substrata of the land, and mark the lines of any works on the land;

attach or set up on the land trigonometrical stations, survey pegs, marks or poles and inspect, alter, remove, reinstate and repair the land;

occupy the land;

on the occupied land—

construct or place plant, machinery, equipment or goods; or

erect workshops, sheds and other buildings, including buildings for providing housing and other amenities for officers or employees and their dependants; or

make roads, cuttings and excavations; or

manufacture and work materials of all kinds; or

deposit clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or

take clay, earth, gravel, sand, stone, timber, wood, and other material; or

demolish, destroy, and remove plant, machinery, equipment, goods, workshops, sheds, buildings or roads.

The power to enter land under this section includes power—

to enter and re-enter the land; and

to remain on the land for the period necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry; and

to take assistants, vehicles, materials, equipment and things necessary to achieve the purpose of the entry.