Part 7 SStatutory undertakers

60Compensation for removal of public sewerS

(1)An owner or occupier of premises with drains which communicated with a public sewer removed in pursuance of section 57 is entitled to be compensated by Ministers in respect of reasonable costs incurred—

(a)in linking the drains with any other public sewer or a private sewage disposal plant, or

(b)in constructing a private sewage disposal plant and linking the drains to that plant.

(2)An owner of a private sewer which communicated with a public sewer removed in pursuance of section 57 is entitled to be compensated by Ministers in respect of reasonable costs incurred—

(a)in linking the private sewer with any other public sewer or a private sewage disposal plan, or

(b)in constructing a private sewage disposal plant and linking the private sewer to that plant.