Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act, 1948

Portion of system of pipes to be made by sanitary authority.

23.—(1) In this section the word “system” means a system of pipes for the connection of a building or buildings with a public water supply or with an existing pipe, itself connected with a public water supply.

(2) Where a water supply order requires the making of a system passing through land of which the owner is not an owner of a building 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 water supply order requires the making of a system for one building only and the total length of the pipes 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 that building.

(4) Where a water supply order requires the making of a system for two or more buildings and the total length of the pipes in the system exceeds one hundred feet multiplied by the number of such buildings, 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 supply or pipe 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 purpose of laying any pipe under this section, a sanitary authority shall have the powers mentioned in section 18 of the Act of 1878, as applied by section 64 of that Act, as if the pipe were a water main 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.