Drainage (Ireland) Act 1842

Owners or Occupiers not to be exonerated from making Repairs.

LI. Provided always, and be it enacted, That nothing herein contained shall be construed to exonerate the Owner or Occupier of any Mill, Factory, or Mill Site, or any other Person, from such Obligation, Duty, or Liability to preserve or repair the Banks of any River, Stream, or Watercourse, or to maintain any Dam or Sluice or Floodgate, or any Engine, Contrivance, or other Work for regulating or maintaining the Supply of Water in any Dam or Watercourse, or to maintain or repair any Building, Machinery, or other Work whatsoever, as he may or would have been respectively subject or liable to if this Act had not been made.