National Land Code (Revised - 2020) · Updated to 15 Oct 2020 · Chapter 3 · Rights of access to, and use of, alienated lands
58. Nature and extent of rights
Feedback & supportThe State Authority may carry, make or instal, and thereafter inspect, use, maintain, repair, remove or re-lay, in, through, over, under or across any alienated land, any drain, sewer, pipe, cable or wire for the passage of water or any other substance, together with all necessary supports and any works ancillary thereto:
Provided that the State Authority shall not be entitled under this section to interfere with any building lawfully erected on any such land.
Any officer or other person or authority appointed by or acting on behalf of the State Authority shall have free access to any alienated land at all reasonable times for the purpose of surveying, setting out or marking the line of any drain, sewer, pipe, cable or wire, or for any of the purposes specified in subsection (1).
alienated land
“alienated land” means any land (including any parcel of a subdivided building) in respect of which a registered title for the time being subsists, whether final or qualified, whether in perpetuity or for a term of years, and whether granted by the State Authority under this Act or in the exercise of powers conferred by any previous land law, but does not include mining land;