Part 7Statutory undertakers

60Compensation for removal of public sewer

1

An owner or occupier of premises with drains which communicated with a public sewer removed in pursuance of section 57 is entitled to be compensated by Ministers in respect of reasonable costs incurred—

a

in linking the drains with any other public sewer or a private sewage disposal plant, or

b

in constructing a private sewage disposal plant and linking the drains to that plant.

2

An owner of a private sewer which communicated with a public sewer removed in pursuance of section 57 is entitled to be compensated by Ministers in respect of reasonable costs incurred—

a

in linking the private sewer with any other public sewer or a private sewage disposal plan, or

b

in constructing a private sewage disposal plant and linking the private sewer to that plant.