Section 3 Cases where further damage is likely or occurs.

The next following subsection shall apply in any case where a damage notice has been served on the F1Corporationin respect of any property and it appears to the Corporationto be probable that further subsidence damage will occur to that property within such a period as would make it unreasonable that all or any of the permanent works which would otherwise fall to be executed in connection therewith should be executed for the time being.

In any case to which this subsection applies, the Corporationmay serve on any person to whom, by virtue of any of the foregoing provisions of this Act, they have an obligation in respect of the damage to which the damage notice in question relates notice in writing to the effect that, except for emergency works and except for such other works, if any, as may be specified in the notice, the Corporationwill neither execute any works while the notice remains in force nor make any payment in respect of works executed while the notice remains in force; and, except in such circumstances as may be prescribed, the obligations of the Corporationto that person by virtue of the foregoing provisions of this Act shall be subject to the terms of that notice:

Where in the case of any property a damage notice has been served on the Corporationand before remedial works or any works undertaken in pursuance of an election under paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of section one of this Act have been completed or the aggregate of any sums expended in executing any works undertaken as aforesaid has reached the aggregate amount referred to in that paragraph, and without the Corporationhaving given notice under subsection (2) of the last foregoing section that they elect to make a payment under subsection (4) of section one of this Act, further subsidence damage occurs to that property, the damage referred to in the damage notice and that further damage shall be treated as one, and accordingly—