Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980

158 Sewerage

(1) Section 15 of the [1973 c. 37.] Water Act 1973 (arrangements for discharge of sewerage functions) shall be amended as mentioned in subsection (2) below.

(2) In subsection (10) (definition of relevant authority for discharge of functions): —

(a) in paragraph (a) after " New Towns Act 1965 " insert " or an area designated as an urban development area under Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980 " ;

(b) after paragraph (b) insert “and

(c) in relation to an urban development area—

(i) the urban development corporation; or

(ii) any such council within whose area the urban development area is wholly or partly situated; or

(iii) both that corporation and any such council,

and the body or bodies to be the relevant authority shall be determined by the water authority.”.

(3) In section 16 of the Water Act 1973 (water authority's duty to provide sewer)—

(a) at the end of subsection (1)(c) there shall be added “or

(d) if—

(i) the premises are in an area designated as an urban development area under Part XVI of the Local Government, Planning and Land Act 1980; and

(ii) the owners or occupiers of the premises require the authority to provide a public sewer otherwise than for the drainage of new buildings which they propose to erect on the premises; and

(iii) the conditions specified in subsection (4A) below are satisfied.”;

(b) the following subsection shall be inserted after subsection (4): —

“(4A) The conditions mentioned in paragraph (d) of subsection (1) above are that the persons making the requisition—

(a) agree severally with the water authority to pay the reckonable charges in respect of the premises for three years at least from the date on which the laying of the sewer is completed; and

(b) undertake to meet any relevant deficit.”; and

(c) in subsections (5) and (9), for the words " or (4)" there shall be substituted the words " , (4) or (4A) ".

(4) This section does not extend to Scotland.