Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1953

Section 12.

SCHEDULE Section 64 of Third Schedule to Water Act, 1945, as modified

64 Penalty for waste, etc., of water by non-repair of water fittings.

(1) If the owner of any premises wilfully or negligently causes or suffers any water fitting, not being a fitting which some person other than the owner is liable to maintain, or if the occupier of any premises wilfully or negligently causes or suffers any water fitting, not being a fitting which some person other than the occupier is liable to maintain,—

(a) to be or remain so out of order, or so in need of repair ; or

(b) to be or remain so constructed or adapted, or be so used,

that the water supplied to those premises by the undertakers is, or is likely to be, wasted, misused or unduly consumed or contaminated before use, or that foul air or any impure matter is likely to return into any pipe belonging to, or connected with a pipe belonging to, the undertakers, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five pounds.

(2) If any water fitting on any premises, not being a fitting which the undertakers are liable to maintain, is in such a condition, or so constructed or adapted as aforesaid, the undertakers, without prejudice to their right to institute proceedings under the last foregoing subsection, may require the owner of the premises to carry out any necessary repairs or alterations, and, if he fails to do so within forty-eight hours, may themselves carry out the work and recover from him summarily as a civil debt the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing but without prejudice to the rights and obligations, as between themselves, of the owner and the occupier of the premises.

Table of Statutes referred to in this Act

Short Title	Session and Chapter
Telegraph Act, 1878	41 & 42 Vict. c. 76.
Road Traffic Act. 1930	20 & 21 Geo. 5 c. 43.
Local Government Act, 1933	23 & 24 Geo. 5. c. 51.
Public Health Act, 1936	26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 49.
Housing Act, 1936	26 Geo. 5 & 1 Edw. 8. c. 51.
London Government Act, 1939	2 & 3 Geo. 6. c. 40.
Water Act, 1945	8 & 9 Geo. 6. c. 42.
Local Government (Scotland) Act, 1947	10 & 11 Geo. 6. c. 43.
Local Government Act, 1948	11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 26.
Housing Act, 1949	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 60.
New Streets Act, 1951	14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 40.
Nottinghamshire County Council Act, 1951	14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. xlv.
Glamorgan County Council Act, 1952	15 & 16 Geo. 6 & 1 Eliz. 2. c. li.