The Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 2006

Unlawful communications
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166.—(1) Any person who causes a drain or sewer to communicate with a public sewer—

(a)in contravention of any of the provisions of Article 163 or 165; or

(b)before the end of the period mentioned in paragraph (5) of Article 163,

shall be guilty of an offence and liable, on summary conviction, to a fine not exceeding level 4 on the standard scale.

(2) Whether proceedings have or have not been taken by a sewerage undertaker in respect of an offence under this Article, such an undertaker may—

(a)close any communication made in contravention of any of the provisions of Article 163 or 165; and

(b)recover summarily as a civil debt from the offender any expenses reasonably incurred by the undertaker in so doing.