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163A—(1) This Article applies to a person's entitlement under Article 163(1) to have a sewer communicate with a public sewer.
(2) The person may exercise that entitlement only if an agreement complying with Conditions 1, 2 and 3 was entered into under Article 161 in respect of the sewer.
(3) Condition 1 is that the agreement included provision about the standards according to which the following were to be constructed—
(a)the sewer in question,
(b)any drain which communicates or is intended to communicate, whether directly or indirectly, with that sewer and was constructed at the same time as it,
(c)any associated sustainable drainage system, and
(d)any associated waste water works.
(4) Condition 2 is that the agreement included provision about the adoption of the following by the sewerage undertaker—
(a)the sewer in question,
(b)such part of any drain mentioned in paragraph (3)(b) as constitutes a lateral drain,
(c)any associated sustainable drainage system, and
(d)any associated waste water works.
(5) Condition 3 is that the agreement included terms such as are described in Article 161(6)(a) (provision of security for the discharge of obligations imposed on the party other than the sewerage undertaker).
(6) If an agreement has been entered into in respect of a sewer and all the obligations imposed on the other party to the agreement have been complied with, the undertaker may not refuse to permit the communication in reliance on Article 163(5).
(7) In this Article—
an “associated sustainable drainage system” is any sustainable drainage system—
constructed at the same time as the sewer in question, and
from which water is or is to be discharged, whether directly or indirectly, into that sewer;
“associated waste water works” are any waste water treatment works—
constructed at the same time as the sewer in question, and
from which effluent is or is to be discharged, whether directly or indirectly, into that sewer; and
the “other party to the agreement” is the person mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) of Article 161(1).]
Textual Amendments
F1Art. 163A inserted (24.5.2016 with application as mentioned in s. 8(1) of the amending Act) by Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016 (c. 7), ss. 6(3), 8
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