Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948

Portion of drainage works to be executed by sanitary authority.

15.—(1) In this section the word “system” means a system of drains for the connection of any separate premises with a sewer, combined drain, cesspool or septic tank.

(2) Where a drainage order requires the making of a system passing through land of which the owner is not an owner of separate premises to which the order relates, the sanitary authority who made the order shall themselves make so much of the system as lies within that land.

(3) Where a drainage order requires the making of a system for one separate premises only and the total length of the drains in the system exceeds one hundred feet, the sanitary authority shall themselves make every portion of the system which is more than one hundred feet (measured along the system) from such premises.

(4) Where a drainage order requires the making of a system for two or more separate premises and the total length of the drains in the system exceeds one hundred feet multiplied by the number of such premises, the sanitary authority who made the order shall themselves make the portion of the system equal in length (measured along the system) to such excess and nearest to the sewer, combined drain, cesspool or septic tank to which the system is connected.

(5) Any doubt, dispute or question which may arise as to the portion of a system to be made by a sanitary authority pursuant to subsection (4) of this section shall be decided by the Minister and his decision shall be final.

(6) For the purposes of making any drain forming part of drainage works under this section, a sanitary authority shall have the powers mentioned in section 18 of the Act of 1878 as if the drain were a sewer and, on exercising any such power, shall be liable to pay such (if any) compensation as if the power had been exercised under that section.