s 27 Inspection, maintenance and repair of district cooling system
27.—(1) Where it is necessary to do so for the purpose of inspecting, maintaining or repairing any part of a district cooling system or for the purpose of carrying out any function conferred on a licensee under this Act or under any licence granted under section 10, a licensee or any person authorised by the licensee may, after giving 7 days’ prior notice to the owner or occupier of any land —(a) at any reasonable time, enter upon any land or building within the service area, whether or not that part of the district cooling system has been laid, placed, carried or erected on, under, upon or over the land or building; (b) carry out all necessary inspection, maintenance or repair; and (c) in the course thereof, fell or lop trees, remove vegetation and do all other things necessary for the purpose, causing as little damage as possible and paying compensation to any person adversely affected for any damage that may be caused thereby. (2) Where work is required to be carried out in the event of an operational emergency arising from any fault in a district cooling system, pipe or plant, no prior notice is required to be given to the owner or occupier of any land under subsection (1).