Public Health Act 1848

Sewers, &c. of Commissioners of Sewers, private Watercourses, &c. not to be used without Consent.

CXLV. And be it declared and enacted, That nothing in this Act shall be construed to authorize the Local Board of Health to use, injure, or interfere with any Sluices, Floodgates, Sewers, Groynes, Sea Defences, or other Works already or hereafter made under the Authority of any Commissioners of Sewers appointed by the Crown, or any Sewers or other Works already or hereafter made and used for the Purpose of draining, preserving, or improving Land under any Local or Private Act of Parliament, or for the Purpose of irrigating Lands, or to use, injure, or interfere with any Watercourse, Stream, River, Dock, Basin, Wharf, Quay, or Towing Path in which the Owner or Occupier of any Lands, Mills, Mines, or Machinery, or the Proprietors or Undertakers of any Canal or Navigation, shall or may be interested, without Consent in Writing first had and obtained; and that nothing herein contained shall prejudice or affect the Rights, Privileges, Powers, or Authorities given or reserved to any Person under any Local or Private Act of Parliament for the Drainage, Preservation, or Improvement of Land, or for or in respect of any Mills, Mines, Machinery, Canal, or Navigation, as last aforesaid.