Section 17Part 0 —
Removal of encroachments
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Wherever there exists any encroachment on a public road, the owner or occupier of the land or thing from which such encroachment proceeds, or the owner of the thing constituting the encroachment shall, after receiving a notice thereof in writing from the Roads Authority, forthwith remove or abate the same at his own cost and in the event of non-compliance with such a notice by the owner or occupier, as the case may be, the Roads Authority may cause the encroachment to be removed in such a manner as the Authority may think fit.
Where the Roads Authority directs the removal of an encroachment under subsection (1) —
the Roads Authority may, without giving notice, authorise any persons to enter upon any land for the purpose of removing the encroachment;
neither the Roads Authority nor any person authorised by the Authority shall be liable for any damage occasioned by the removal unless the same is caused by such person's wilful neglect or default;
the cost of removal shall be defrayed by the person responsible for the encroachment and shall be recoverable as a civil debt; and
anything constituting the encroachment shall be forfeited, and the Roads Authority may sell or otherwise dispose of it unless the owner previously redeems it by paying all the costs of the removal,
without prejudice to the penal and civil liabilities of any person responsible for an encroachment.
Where any encroachment consists of a building, the powers of the Roads Authority under this section shall not be assigned or delegated to any other person.