Section 36: Removal of piers

(1) An employee of the Authority authorised by the Authority may remove or cause to be removed a pier in any port or in the approach to any port or any portion of the port or approach and may, for that purpose, enter on any land or pier if-
(a) the holder of a licence granted in respect of the pier is required in accordance with any regulation made under section 37 of this Act to remove the pier and he refuses or neglects to do so within the time specified; or
(b) the pier has been erected, re-erected, altered or extended without a licence or is owned or occupied without a licence; or
(c) the licence granted in respect of the pier has been cancelled under the provisions of this Act; or
(d) the licence granted in respect of the pier has expired.
(2) Except when the licence granted in respect of the pier has been cancelled under section 35 of this Act, the costs and expenses of and in connection with the removal--
(a) shall be defrayed by the holder of the licence; and
(b) may be recovered from him at the suit of the Authority in any court of competent jurisdiction.