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(1)The conditions mentioned in section 98(1)(c) above are satisfied in relation to a requirement for the provision of a public sewer by a sewerage undertaker if—
(a)such undertakings as the undertaker may have reasonably required in accordance with subsection (2) below have been given by the person or persons who have required the provision of the sewer; and
(b)such security as the undertaker may have reasonably required has been provided for the discharge of any obligations imposed by those undertakings on any person who, under subsection (3) below, may be required to secure his undertakings.
(2)The undertakings which a sewerage undertaker may require for the purposes of subsection (1) above in respect of any public sewer are undertakings which—
(a)bind the person or persons mentioned in that subsection to pay to the undertaker, in respect of each of the twelve years following the provision of the sewer, an amount not exceeding the relevant deficit (if any) for that year on that sewer; and
(b)in the case of undertakings binding two or more persons, bind them either jointly and severally or with liability to pay apportioned in such manner as they may agree.
(3)For the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above a person may be required to secure his undertakings in relation to the provision of a public sewer if—
(a)it was by virtue of section 98(2)(a) or (b) above that he required, or joined in requiring, the provision of the sewer; and
(b)he is not a public authority.
(4)Where for the purposes of subsection (1)(b) above any sums have been deposited with a sewerage undertaker by way of security for the discharge of any obligation, the undertaker shall pay interest at such rate as may be determined either—
(a)by the undertaker with the approval of the Director; or
(b)in default of a determination under paragraph (a) above, by the Director,
on every sum of 50p so deposited for every three months during which it remains in the hands of the undertaker.
(5)An approval or determination given or made by the Director for the purposes of subsection (4) above—
(a)may be given or made in relation to the provision of a particular public sewer, in relation to the provision of sewers of a particular description or in relation to the provision of public sewers generally; and
(b)may be revoked at any time.
(6)Any dispute between a sewerage undertaker and any other person as to—
(a)the undertakings or security required by the undertaker for the purposes of this section; or
(b)the amount required to be paid in pursuance of any such undertaking,
shall be referred to the arbitration of a single arbitrator appointed by agreement between the undertaker and that person or, in default of agreement, by the President of the Institution of Civil Engineers.
(7)In this section “relevant deficit” has the meaning given by section 100 below.
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