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70(1)In section 25 of the Building Act 1984 (provision of water supply), after subsection (6) there shall be inserted the following subsection—E+W
“(7)Section 65 of the Water Act 1989 (standards of wholesomeness of water) and any regulations made under that section shall apply for the purposes of subsection (1) above as they apply for the purposes of Chapter II of Part II of that Act.”
(2)In section 82 of that Act (notices under section 81 of that Act relating to demolition)—
(a)in subsection (4), for the words “gas or water” there shall be substituted the words “or gas or with apparatus or works of a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker”; and
(b)in subsection (5)(a), for the words from “section 67” onwards there shall be substituted the words “section 167 of the Water Act 1989 (interference with water supplies or with waterworks)”.
(3)In section 101 of that Act (incorporation of Part VI of Schedule 3 to the 1945 Act)—
(a)in subsection (1), for the words from “Part VI” onwards there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs 2 and 3 of Schedule 19 of the Water Act 1989 (street works) shall apply, with the necessary modifications, as they apply for the purpose of conferring power on a water undertaker or sewerage undertaker to lay a relevant pipe, within the meaning of that Schedule.”; and
(b)for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsection—
“(2)Those paragraphs shall also so apply so far as necessary for the purposes of any power to lay or maintain a sewer or drain which is conferred by this Act on a person other than a local authority.”
(4)In section 126 of that Act, for the definition of “public sewer” there shall be substituted the following definition—
““public sewer” has the same meaning as in the Public Health Act 1936;”.
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