C1C2 Part VI UNDERTAKERS ’ POWERS AND WORKS

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Part VI: power to apply conferred (01.12.1991) by Water Resources Act 1991 (c. 57, SIF 130), ss. 78(2)(b), 225(2)

CHAPTER I UNDERTAKERS’ POWERS

Other works powers

160 Power to carry out works for sewerage purposes.

1

A sewerage undertaker may, by agreement with the owner or occupier of any premises, carry out at that person’s expense—

a

any work in connection with the construction, laying, alteration or repair of a sewer or drain which that person is entitled to carry out; or

b

any work which the undertaker has required that person to carry out under Part IV of this Act;

and for that purpose the undertaker shall have all such rights as that person would have.

2

Sections 291, 293 and 294 of the M1Public Health Act 1936 (which provide for the means of, and for limitations on, the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority) shall apply in relation to the recovery by a sewerage undertaker of any sums under this section as they apply in relation to the recovery of expenses under that Act by a local authority.