Metropolis Management Act 1855

CXXXVIIMetropolitan Board may declare Sewers to be Main Sewers, and take under their Jurisdiction Sewerage Matters under Jurisdiction of Vestries and District Boards.

In case it appear to the Metropolitan Board of Works that any Sewers in the Metropolis not herein-before vested in such Board ought to be considered Main Sewers, and to be under their Management, it shall be lawful for such Board, by an Order under their Seal, to declare the same to be Main Sewers, and thereupon the same shall vest in and be under the Management of the said Board; and it shall also be lawful for the said Board by any such Order to take under their Jurisdiction and Authority any other Matters in relation to Sewerage and to Drainage with respect to which Jurisdiction or Authority is by this Act vested in any Vestry or District Board.