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VEGETATION MANAGEMENT ACT 1999 - SECT 56
Notice of damage
56 Notice of damage
(1) This section applies if— (a) an authorised officer damages property when
exercising or purporting to exercise a power; or
(b) a person (the
"other person" ) acting under the direction or authority of an authorised
officer damages property.
(2) The authorised officer must immediately give
notice of particulars of the damage to the person who appears to the
authorised officer to be the owner of the property.
(3) If the authorised
officer believes the damage was caused by a latent defect in the property or
circumstances beyond the authorised officer’s, or other person’s, control,
the authorised officer may state the belief in the notice.
(4) If, for any
reason, it is impracticable to comply with subsection (2) , the authorised
officer must leave the notice in a conspicuous position and in a reasonably
secure way where the damage happened.
(5) This section does not apply to
damage the authorised officer reasonably believes is trivial.
(6) In this
section—
"owner" , of property, includes the person in possession or control of it.
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