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Public Works Act 1981

Roads - Damage to and nuisances on roads

134: Service of notice

You could also call this:

“How the government tells you they need to use your land”

If an authority needs to make a requirement under section 133, they will do it in writing. The notice will be signed by someone the authority has chosen to give these notices. The authority will send the notice to you using the methods described in section 4.

If the authority publishes the notice in a newspaper, they also need to put a copy of the notice on your property where people can easily see it. If they can’t put it on your property, they will put it on a nearby public road.

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Part 9 Roads
Damage to and nuisances on roads

134Service of notice

  1. If, under the provisions of section 133, a requirement is made by an authority, the requirement shall be by notice in writing signed by any person appointed either generally or specially by the authority for the purpose of giving such notices and shall be served in accordance with section 4.

  2. If the notice is served by being published in a newspaper, the authority shall also affix a copy of the notice upon a conspicuous part of the property in respect of which the notice is issued, or on some public road adjacent to it.

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  • 1928 No 21 s 171