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WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1973 - SECT 17

17.(1) Where the owner or occupier of any premises desires

(a)to have his service pipe connected with a main vested in the Ministry and
to have a supply of water from the Ministry; or

(b)to have his drain connected with, and to discharge domestic sewage and
surface water into, a sewer or sewage disposal works vested in the Ministry;

(2) The Ministry shall, within twenty-eight days from the date on which it
receives an application under paragraph (1), refuse its consent or grant its
consent unconditionally or subject to such conditions (including conditions as
to charges) as it thinks fit to impose.

(3) Any person aggrieved by a decision of the Ministry under this Article may
appeal to the Appeals Commission within twenty-eight days from the date of the
Ministry's decision under paragraph (2).

(4) Any person who makes a connection mentioned in paragraph (1) without the
consent of the Ministry or in contravention of any conditions attached to such
a consent, shall be guilty of an offence and liable on summary conviction to a
fine not exceeding #100.

(5) The Ministry may

(a)close, remove or remake any unlawful connections; and

(b)recover from the offender any expenses reasonably incurred by it in so
doing.

(6) Paragraphs (1) to (5) shall apply in relation to an alteration of a
connection as they apply in relation to the making of a connection.

(7) Nothing in this Article applies to the discharge of any trade effluent.

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