Control of Pollution Act 1974

28 Supplementary provisions relating to pipes. E+W+S

(1) Where an authority provides pipes in pursuance of section 12(6), 14(5), 15(2), [F1 21(4) or 26][F1 or 21(4)] of this Act, it shall be the duty of the authority—

(a) except where the authority is a collection authority and the pipes are situated in its area, to send to the collection authority in whose area the pipes are situated a map . . . F2 showing the location of the pipes; and

(b) where the authority is a collection authority and the pipes are situated in its area, to prepare such a map;

and it shall be the duty of an authority by which a map is received in pursuance of paragraph (a) of this subsection or is prepared in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this subsection to secure that a copy of the map is available at its principal offices for inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours.

In the application of this subsection to Scotland, the words “the authority is a collection authority and” in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be omitted.

[F3 (2) Section 25 of the M1 Public Health Act 1936 (under which the erection of buildings over a sewer or drain may be prevented or controlled by a local authority or, on appeal, by a magistrates’ court) shall have effect as if references to a drain included any pipe provided as mentioned in the preceding subsection and as if the reference to the map of sewers required by that Act to be kept deposited at the offices of an authority included any map required by the preceding subsection to be kept available at the offices of the authority.]

(3) Section 21 of the M2 Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (under which the erection of buldings over a sewer vested in a local authority may be prevented or controlled by the authority or, on appeal, by the sheriff) shall have effect as if the reference to a sewer vested in a local authority included any pipe provided as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) References to pipes in the preceding provisions of this section include associated works.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 28(1) substituted (E.W.) for “21(4) or 26” by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 25 paras. 48(6), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58

F2 Words repealed by Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 (c. 65), Sch. 34 Pt. II

F3 S. 28(2) repealed (E.W.) by Building Act 1984 (c. 55, SIF 15), s. 133(2), Sch. 7

Marginal Citations

M1 1936 c. 49.

M2 1968 c. 47.