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Power to require Gas and Water Pipes to be moved.
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LXXI. And be it enacted, That if and when for the Purposes of this Act the Local Board of Health deem it necessary to raise, sink, or otherwise alter the Situation of any Water or Gas Pipes, Mains, Plugs, or other Waterworks or Gasworks laid in or under any Street, they may by Notice in Writing require the Person to whom the Pipes, Mains, Plugs, or Works belong to raise, sink, or otherwise alter the Situation of the same in such Manner and within such reasonable Time as shall be specified in such Notice, and the Expenses attendant upon or connected with any such Alteration shall be paid by the said Local Board out of the General District Rates levied under this Act; and if such Notice be not complied with the said Local Board may make the Alteration required: Provided always, that no such Alteration shall be required or made which will permanently injure any such Pipes, Mains, Plugs, or Works, or prevent the Water or Gas from flowing as freely and conveniently us usual; provided also, that where under any Local Act of Parliament the Expenses attendant upon or connected with the raising, sinking, or otherwise altering the Situation of any Water or Gas Pipes, Mains, Plugs, or other Waterworks or Gasworks, are or shall be directed to be borne by the Person to whom such Pipes or Works belong, his Liability in that respect shall continue in the same Manner and under the same Conditions in all respects us if this Act had not been passed.
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