Subject to the provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to the breaking open of streets, the owner or occupier of any premises may break open any street for the purpose of exercising his rights under this section and for the purpose of examining, repairing and renewing any drain or private sewer draining his premises into a public sewer.
Where the local authority do not under the next but one succeeding section elect themselves to make the communication, the person making it shall, before commencing the work, give reasonable notice to any person directed by the authority to superintend the execution of the work and afford him all reasonable facilities for superintending the execution thereof.
Any person causing a drain or sewer to communicate with a public sewer without complying with, or in contravention of, any of the provisions of this section, or before the expiration of the period mentioned in subsection (3) of this section, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twenty pounds and, whether proceedings have or have not been taken by them in respect of that offence, the local authority may close any communication madein contravention of any of those provisions, and recover from the offender any expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing.