Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948
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Provisional water supply order. |
20.—(1) Where any building in a sanitary district appears to the sanitary authority of that district not to be provided with a satisfactory supply of water for domestic purposes, the authority may, by order, require such building to be connected, in a specified manner and within a specified time after the coming into force of the order, with a public water supply or with an existing pipe which is itself connected with a public water supply. | |
(2) In considering for the purposes of this section whether an existing supply of water to a building is satisfactory, a sanitary authority shall, in particular, have regard to the character of the area in which the building is situate, the situation and nature of any public water supply or sewerage system available in that area and the purposes for which the building is used. | ||
(3) An order under this section shall specify separately any portion of the work required by the order to be done which is to be executed under section 23 of this Act by the sanitary authority making the order. | ||
(4) An order under this section may relate to two or more buildings and may require the provision of pipes for use, wholly or in part, in common by two or more of such buildings. | ||
(5) An order under this section shall not require the connection of a building with an existing pipe which is itself connected with a public water supply, such pipe being the property of a person who is not the owner of such building, unless either that person has consented to such connection or he is under an obligation enforceable at law to allow such connection. | ||
(6) Copies of an order under this section shall, within seven days after the day on which the order is made, be served on the owner and the occupier of every building to which the order relates and on any other person who is the owner or occupier of land through which any pipes are required by the order to pass. |