s.15Powers of entry and occupation of private lands
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Powers of entry and occupation of private lands

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For any one or more purposes specified in section 13, the Roads Authority or any person authorised by the Authority in writing, may, at any time, without previous notice, payment, tender or deposit, enter upon any land not being any house, yard or garden, or provision ground attached to a house and not being a park, avenue or ground ornamentally planted and without acquiring such land, occupy and use the said land so long as may be necessary for any of the said purposes, or any work connected therewith.
In exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1), the Roads Authority or any person authorised by the Authority in writing may —
make such openings as may be necessary in any fence;
erect fences to separate any portions of the land so entered upon from the remainder;
deposit and prepare upon such land materials of any kind used in the work; and
erect thereupon temporary workshops, stores, sheds and other buildings.
The owner or occupier of or any person interested in any land occupied or used under this section may, at any time not later than three months after the commencement of such occupation, deliver to the Roads Authority an application in writing for assessment of compensation in accordance with this Law.

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