Any person who causes a drain or sewer to communicate with a public sewer—
shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.
Whether proceedings have or have not been taken by a sewerage undertaker in respect of an offence under this section, such an undertaker may—
Sections 291, 293 and 294 of the Public Health Act 1936 (which provide for the means of, and for limitations on, the recovery of expenses incurred by a local authority) shall apply in relation to the recovery by a sewerage undertaker of any sums under this section as they apply in relation to the recovery of expenses under that Act by a local authority.