Section 51: Removal of pier.

(1) Any servant of the Authority may, in any of the following cases remove or cause to be removed a pier in any port or in the approaches to any port or any portion thereof and for such purpose may enter upon any land or the pier-
(a) if the holder of a licence granted in respect of the pier is required in accordance with regulations made under section 52 of this Act to remove the pier and he refuses or neglects to do so within the time specified;
(b) if the pier has been erected, re-erected, altered or extended without a licence or is owned or occupied without a licence;
(c) if the licence granted in respect of the pier has been cancelled under the provisions of this Act; and
(d) if 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 50 of this Act, the costs and expenses of and in connection with such removal shall be defrayed by the occupier of the pier and may be recovered from him at the suit of the Authority in any court of competent jurisdiction.