2(1)The Board shall not be required to pay compensation in respect of expenses incurred in carrying out any work unless—
(a)not less than the prescribed length of time before the work was begun, the person incurring the expenses gave to the Board, in the prescribed manner, notice in writing containing adequate particulars of the work, together with a statement of the time when it was proposed to carry out the work and an estimate of the cost of the work, and
(b)at all reasonable times after the service of that notice, that person afforded to the Board reasonable facilities to inspect the land to which the notice related, in so far as he was in a position to afford such facilities.
(2)In the following provisions of this Schedule "the applicant", in relation to a notice under this paragraph, means the person who gave that notice.