Part IIC3C4 Sanitation and Buildings
Pt. II (ss. 14–90) amended by Housing and Building Control Act 1984 (c. 29, SIF 61), ss. 41(1), 52(1) and 60(2)(a)
Supplemental provisions as to drains, sanitary conveniences, cesspools, &c.
C1C2C5C6C750 Overflowing and leaking cesspools.
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If the contents of any cesspool soak therefrom or overflow, the local authority . . . F1 may by notice require the person by whose act, default or sufferance the soakage or overflow occurred or continued to execute such works, or to take such steps by periodically emptying the cesspool or otherwise, as may be necessary for preventing the soakage or overflow:
Provided that this subsection shall not apply in relation to the effluent from a properly constructed tank for the reception and treatment of sewage, if that effluent is of such a character, and is so conveyed away and disposed of, as not to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance.
2
In so far as a notice under this section requires a person to execute works, the provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to appeals against, and the enforcement of, notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to the notice.
3
In so far as such a notice requires a person to take any steps other than the execution of works, he shall, if he fails to comply with the notice, be liable to a fine not exceeding F2level 1 on the standard scale, and to a further fine not exceeding F3£2 for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor:
Provided that in any proceedings under this subsection it shall be open to the defendant to question the reasonableness of the authority’s requirements.
Pt. II amended by Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 76(1)(2)