WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973

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WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973 - SECT 12



12.(1) Subject to and in accordance with this Article, the Ministry may, by
agreement with the owner of private water supply or private sewage treatment
works, or failing such agreement, in pursuance of proposals made by it under
paragraph (2), take over the works.

(2) The Ministry may, by notice served on the owner of any works mentioned in
paragraph (1), intimate its proposals to take over the works within such
period, not being less than two months, as may be specified in the notice, and
on such conditions, including compensation, as may be so specified.

(3) If an owner on whom a notice has been served under paragraph (2) is
aggrieved by the notice, he may, within the period specified in the notice,
appeal to the Appeals Commission.

(4) All works taken over by the Ministry under this Article shall vest in it
in accordance with the terms of any agreement made under paragraph (1), or
failing such agreement, at the end of the period specified under paragraph (2)
or on such date as may be specified in a decision on an appeal under paragraph
(3).

(5) Subject to this Order, a person who immediately before the taking over of
works under this Article was lawfully entitled to use them shall continue to
be so entitled after they have been so taken over.

(6) An agreement under paragraph (1) or proposals under paragraph (2) may
relate

(a)to a part only of works;

(b)to any drain, pipe or sewer connecting with any works specified in the
agreement or proposals.

(7) The Ministry may adopt, subject to such conditions as it thinks fit, any
pipe or drain other than a pipe or drain which is within the curtilage of a
building and serves only that building.

(8) Any dispute as to the compensation payable in respect of any works taken
over in pursuance of proposals made by the Ministry under paragraph (2) shall
be referred to and determined by the Lands Tribunal.

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WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973 - SECT 12