Water and Sewerage Services Act (Northern Ireland) 2016

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11.—(1) Article 171 (power to investigate defective drain or sewer) is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading, for “or sewer” substitute “, sewer or sustainable drainage system”.

(3) In paragraph (1)—

(a)in sub-paragraph (a), after “private sewer so connecting,” insert “or any sustainable drainage system from which water is discharged, whether directly or indirectly, into any such drain or private sewer,”;

(b)in sub-paragraph (b), for “or private sewer” substitute “, private sewer or system”;

(c)in the words following sub-paragraph (b), for “or sewer” substitute “, sewer or system”.

(4) In paragraph (2), for “or sewer” substitute “, sewer or system”.