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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (No. 70 (NI 2))

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

Northern Ireland Orders in Council

1973 No. 70 (NI 2)

Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973

[19th January 1973] F1

Contents

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  1. PART I

    INTRODUCTORY

    1. 1..Title and commencement

    2. 2..Interpretation

  2. PART II

    WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES

    1. 3 ..Ministry's duty to provide water and sewerage services

    2. 3A ..Water quality

    3. 3B..Regulations for preserving water quality

    4. 3C..Standards of wholesomeness

    5. Private water supplies

      1. 3D..Functions of Department in relation to water quality of private supplies

      2. 3E..Remedial functions of Department in relation to private supplies

      3. 3F..Supplementary provisions

    6. 4..Cost in relation to provision of services

    7. 5..Consultation with district councils

    8. 7..Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland

    9. 8 ..Procedure on appeals

    10. 9..Transfer to Ministry of certain sewers, drains, pipes etc. in roads

  3. PART III

    WORKS AND LAND

    1. 10 ..Acquisition of land

    2. 11 ..Acquisition of water rights

    3. 12 ..Adoption of works, sewers, pipes or drains

    4. 13 ..Execution of works

    5. 14 ..Closing etc. of facilities

    6. 15 ..Notice of certain works

    7. 16 ..Power to require occupier to permit works to be executed by owner

  4. PART IV

    RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS

    1. 17 ..Applications for water or sewerage services

    2. 18 ..Rights of owners and occupiers following lawful connections

    3. 19 ..Liability of certain owners and occupiers

  5. PART V

    1. TRADE EFFLUENTS

      1. 20 ..Right to discharge into sewers and sewage treatment works

    2. CONTROL OF NEW DISCHARGES

      1. 21 ..Meaning of new discharge

      2. 22 ..Consent required to new discharges

      3. 23 ..Procedure on application for consent to new discharge

      4. 24 ..Decision on application

      5. 25 ..Intimation of decision

      6. 26 ..Appeals

      7. 26A ..Information relating to new discharges of trade effluents

      8. 27 ..Review of consents etc

    3. CONTROL OF EXISTING DISCHARGES

      1. 28 ..Meaning of existing discharge

      2. 29 ..Right to continue existing discharge

      3. 30 ..Information relating to existing discharges

      4. 31 ..Review of existing discharges

    4. AGREEMENTS IN LIEU OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT

      1. 32 ..Agreements as respects trade premises

    5. SUPPLEMENTARY

      1. 33 ..Power to extend Part V to other effluents

  6. PART VI

    MISCELLANEOUS (WATER)

    1. 34 ..Pollution of water belonging to the Ministry

    2. 35 ..Water for fire fighting

    3. 36 ..Water shortages

  7. PART VII

    MISCELLANEOUS (SEWERAGE)

    1. 37 ..Emptying of septic tanks

    2. 38 ..Ministry's rights as to sewage

    3. 39 ..Certain matter not to be passed into sewerage system

  8. PART VIII

    GENERAL

    1. MISCELLANEOUS

      1. 40 ..Regulations as to water and sewerage services

      2. 40A ..Offences of contaminating, wasting and misusing water, etc

      3. 40B ..Regulations for preventing contamination, waste, etc., and with respect to water fittings

      4. 41 ..Alteration of or interference with Ministry's works

      5. 42 ..Facilities for recreational use of certain land

      6. 43 ..Safety of reservoirs

      7. 44 ..Supply of water fittings

      8. 45..Obstruction

    2. INFORMATION ETC

      1. 46 ..Information as to ownership etc. of premises

      2. 47 ..Production of plans and furnishing of information

      3. 48 ..Maps of sewers and mains

      4. 49 ..Research and publicity

      5. 50 ..Powers of entry

      6. 51..Admissibility of samples as evidence

      7. 52..Restriction on disclosure of information

    3. FINANCIAL

      1. 53 ..Charges for services

      2. 54 ..Recovery of expenses

      3. 55 ..Compensation etc. in respect of execution of works

      4. 56..Financial provision

      5. 56A..Legal proceedings

      6. 56B..Power to give effect to international obligations

    4. SUPPLEMENTARY

      1. 57..Regulations and orders

      2. 57A..Civil liability of Department for escapes of water

      3. 58 ..Protection for telegraph and telephone lines

      4. 61..Savings

  9. SCHEDULE 1

    CONSTITUTION AND STAFF OF WATER APPEALS COMMISION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND

  10. SCHEDULE 2

    MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULE 6 TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 10

Annotations:

F1Order repealed (prosp.) by Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/3336 (N.I. 21)), arts. 1(2), 308(2), Sch. 13 (with arts. 8(8), 121(3), 307)

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