Rectifying unauthorised interference or works
312 Rectifying unauthorised interference or works
This section applies if a person (the identified person) interferes with or carries out works on busway transport infrastructure in contravention of section 311(1).
The chief executive may, by written notice given to the identified person, require the person to rectify the interference, or the effect of the carrying out of the works, within a stated reasonable time.
The identified person must comply with the notice unless the person has a reasonable excuse.
Maximum penalty—40 penalty units.
If the identified person does not comply with the notice, the chief executive may rectify the interference or the effect of the carrying out of the works.
The identified person must pay the amount of the chief executive’s reasonable costs of—
rectifying the interference or the effect of the carrying out of the works; or
changing the way the busway transport infrastructure is built, maintained or operated because of the interference or the effect of the carrying out of the works.
The chief executive may recover the amount as a debt.
In this section—
rectify the interference includes the following—
alter, dismantle or take away works;
fix damage caused by the interference.
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