97 Power to execute work.E+W
A local authority [F1or the regulator] may, by agreement with the owner or occupier of any premises, themselves execute at his expense—
(a)any work that they have under this Act required him to execute, or
(b)any work in connection with the construction, laying, alteration or repair of a sewer or drain that he is entitled to execute,
and for that purpose they have all the rights that he would have.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 97 inserted (1.10.2023 except in relation to W.) by Building Safety Act 2022 (c. 30), s. 170(4)(b)(c), Sch. 5 para. 61; S.I. 2023/993, reg. 2(n)(xxv) (with reg. 4)