19.—(1) If the Welsh Ministers consider it expedient to do so, the Welsh Ministers may order a survey and examination of a tidal work or of the site on which it is proposed to construct or repower the work, and any expenditure reasonably incurred by the Welsh Ministers in any such survey and examination is recoverable from the undertaker.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), such surveys must not be ordered more frequently than once a year; and before ordering such a survey—
(a)the Welsh Ministers must consult the undertaker in order to establish what relevant survey information is already available; and
(b)give the undertaker an opportunity to carry out the survey itself.
(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply in an emergency.
(4) Where the Welsh Ministers propose to order a survey and examination referred to in paragraph (1), the Welsh Ministers must do so in compliance with such reasonable stipulations relating to health, safety, security or confidentiality as the undertaker may impose.