Section 339: Saving for existing rights of drainage.

Public Health Act 1936 · 1936 c. 49View on legislation.gov.uk

Public Health Act 1936
- Section 338: Sewers or drains of collegiate and other corporate bodies and Government departments.
- Section 340: Works below high-water mark.

Part XII: General

Nothing in this Act affects any right of drainage acquired by any person by prescription or otherwise before the commencement of this Act:

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