PART VIIIUNDERTAKERS' POWERS AND WORKS

CHAPTER IUNDERTAKERS' POWERS

Other works powers

Agreements for works with respect to water sourcesI1225

1

A water undertaker may enter into agreements under this Article with the owners and occupiers of any land, or with DARD, with respect to the carrying out and maintenance by any party to the agreement of such works as the undertaker considers necessary—

a

for the purpose of draining that land; or

b

for more effectually collecting, conveying or preserving the purity of any water which the undertaker is for the time being authorised to take.

2

Before entering into an agreement under this Article with respect to the carrying out of works the carrying out of which would result in the discharge of any water into a watercourse otherwise than through public sewers, a water undertaker shall consult DOE and, if the watercourse is subject to the jurisdiction of a navigation authority, that authority.

3

An agreement under this Article with the owner of any land which is expressed to be binding on and enforceable against the owner's successors in title to that land—

a

may be registered in the Statutory Charges Register; and

b

shall be so binding and enforceable unless it is void by reason of a failure so to register it.