WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973

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WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973 - SECT 39



39.(1) Without prejudice to Part V, no person shall pass or permit to be
passed into, or into a drain connecting with, a sewer or sewage treatment
works of the Ministry any matter or substance which, either alone or in
combination with any matter or substance with which it is likely to come into
contact while passing through any sewer or works, is likely to injure the
sewer or works, or to interfere with the free flow of their contents, or to
affect prejudicially the treatment or disposal of their contents or to be
prejudicial to health.

(2) Where a person is charged with an offence under this Article it shall be a
defence to prove that at the time he so passed or permitted to be passed the
matter or substance in question he did not know, and could not reasonably be
expected to know, that it would be likely to have the effects mentioned in
paragraph (1).

(3) A person who contravenes this Article shall be guilty of an offence and
liable

(a)on conviction on indictment, to a fine;

(b)on summary conviction to a fine not exceeding #400 and a further fine not
exceeding #40 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction
thereof.

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WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973 - SECT 39