Article 13 Power of Department to execute street works

Subject to paragraph (2), if a requirement under Article 11 is not complied with within the time specified in the notice containing that requirement, the Department may execute the street works indicated in the notice and, subject to the following provisions of this Part, may recover in accordance with the provisions of Article 15 from each responsible person in default such part of the expenses of the street works (including a charge in respect of surveys, superintendence and noticesF1. . . ) as may be apportioned to him in accordance with Article 14.

Where an appeal has been made under Article 12, the notice served under Article 11 shall be suspended until the appeal is finally determined or abandoned and where the appeal is disallowed or abandoned the time specified in that notice shall be reckoned from the date on which the appeal is so determined or abandoned, as the case may be.

Where the Department executes street works under paragraph (1), the street shall be declared by the Department to be a public road and the street shall be a public road from the date of completion of the works.