HC Deb 19 July 1974 vol 877 cc922-3

'(1) Where an authority provides pipes in pursuance of section 12(6), 14(5) or 15(2) of this Act or subsection (4) of section (Production of heat and electricity from waste etc.) or section (Outfall pipes for sewage disposal works) of this Act, it shall be the duty of the authority—

  1. (a) except where the authority is a collection authority and the pipes are situated in its area, to send to the collection authority in whose area the pipes are situated a map in the prescribed form showing the location of the pipes; and
  2. (b) where the authority is a collection authority and the pipes are situated in its area, to prepare such a map;
and it shall be the duty of an authority by which a map is received in pursuance of paragraph (a) of this subsection or is prepared in pursuance of paragraph (b) of this subsection to secure that a copy of the map is available at its principal offices for inspection by the public free of charge at all reasonable hours.

In the application of this subsection to Scotland, the words "the authority is a collection authority and" in paragraphs (a) and (b) shall be omitted.

(2) Section 25 of the Public Health Act 1936 (under which the erection of buildings over a sewer or drain may be prevented or controlled by a local authority or, on appeal by a magistrates' court) shall have effect as if references to a drain included any pipe provided as mentioned in the preceding subsection and as if reference to the map of sewers required by that Act to be kept deposited at the offices of an authority included any map required by the preceding subsection to be kept available at the offices of the authority.

(3) Section 21 of the Sewerage (Scotland) Act 1968 (under which the erection of buildings over a sewer vested in a local authority may be prevented or controlled by the authority or, on appeal, by the sheriff) shall have effect as if the reference to a sewer vested in a local authority included any pipe provided as mentioned in subsection (1) of this section.

(4) References to pipes in the preceding provisions of this section include associated works '.—[Mr. Denis Howell.]

Brought up, read the First and Second time and added to the Bill.

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