A local authority may alter the size or course of any public sewer vested in them, or may discontinue and prohibit the use of any such public sewer, either entirely, or for the purpose of foul water drainage, or for the purpose of surface water drainage, but, before any person who is lawfully using the sewer for any purpose is deprived by the authority of the use of the sewer for that purpose, they shall provide a sewer equally effective for his use for that purpose and shall at their expense carry out any work necessary to make his drains or sewers communicate with the sewer so provided.
Section 22: Power of local authority to alter, or close, public sewers.
Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk
This provision is repealed
It is retained for historical reference and may not reflect the law currently in force.
Part II: Sanitation and Buildings
REPEALED on 1991-12-01 by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991.
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