227 Power of local authority to lay pipes for purposes connected with baths, &c.E+W
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1, a local authority may provide, lay down and maintain such pipes and apparatus as may be necessary for conducting water to or from any baths, washhouse, swimming bath or bathing place which is under their management, or which they propose to provide [F2and for the purposes of the provision, laying down or maintenance in any street of any such pipes or apparatus—
(a)the authority shall be entitled in relation to any such pipes or apparatus to exercise the same powers as, for the purpose of carrying out its functions, are conferred on a water undertaker in relation to relevant pipes by [F3section 158 of the Water Industry Act 1991] (street works); and
(b)the provisions of that Act shall apply, with the necessary modifications, in relation to the power conferred by virtue of paragraph (a) above as they apply in relation to the power conferred by the said [F3section 158];
and in this section “street” has the same meaning as in that [F3Act].]
Textual Amendments
F1Words repealed by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(3), Sch. 27 Pt. I (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 13(3), 17, 40(4), 41(1), 57(6), 58)
F2Words inserted by Water Act 1989 (c. 15, SIF 130), s. 190(1), Sch. 25 para. 5 (with ss. 58(7), 101(1), 141(6), 160(1)(2)(4), 163, 189(4)–(10), 190, 193(1), Sch. 26 paras. 3(1)(2), 13(3), 17, 40(4), 57(6), 58)
F3Words in s. 227(a)(b) substituted (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60), ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2).