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Part IIE+W Sanitation and Buildings

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1Pt. II amended by Health and Safety at Work, etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), s. 76(1)(2)

Sewerage and sewage disposalE+W

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33 Application of 27 & 28 Vict. c. 114 to works for supply of sewage.E+W

Works for the supply of sewage to land for agricultural purposes shall be deemed to be an improvement of land authorised by the M1Improvement of Land Act 1864 and the provisions of that Act shall apply accordingly.

Marginal Citations

Private sewers and drains and cesspoolsE+W

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Sanitary conveniences for buildingsE+W

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45 Buildings having defective closets capable of repair. E+W

(1)If it appears to a local authority that any closets provided for or in connection with a building are in such a state as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance, but that they can without reconstruction be put into a satisfactory condition, the authority shall by notice require the owner or the occupier of the building to execute such works, or to take such steps by cleansing the closets or otherwise, as may be necessary for that purpose.

(2)In so far as a notice under this section requires a person to execute works, the provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to appeals against, and the enforcement of, notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to the notice.

(3)In so far as such a notice requires a person to take any steps other than the execution of works, he shall, if he fails to comply with the notice, be liable to a fine not exceeding [F24level 1 on the standard scale] and to a further fine not exceeding [F25£2] for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor:

Provided that in any proceedings under this subsection it shall be open to the defendant to question the reasonableness of the authority’s requirements or of their decision to address their notice to him and not to the occupier or, as the case may be, the owner of the building.

(4)This section shall not apply . . . F26 to a factory F27. . . . . . F28 or to a building to which the next succeeding section applies.

Textual Amendments

F25Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)

F27Words in S. 45(4) repealed (5.11.1993) by 1993 c. 50, s. 1(1), Sch. 1 Pt. XIV Group3

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C7S. 45 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C8S. 45 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

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Supplemental provisions as to drains, sanitary conveniences, cesspools, &c.E+W

48 Power of local authority to examine and test drains, &c., believed to be defective. E+W

(1)Where it appears to a [F30local] authority that there are reasonable grounds for believing that a sanitary convenience, drain, private sewer or cesspool is in such a condition as to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance, or that a drain or private sewer communicating. . . indirectly with a public sewer is so defective as to admit subsoil water, they may examine its condition, and for that purpose may apply any test, other than a test by water under pressure, and, if they deem it necessary, open the ground.

(1A). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(2)If on examination the convenience, drain, sewer or cesspool is found to be in proper condition, the authority shall, as soon as possible, reinstate any ground which has been opened by them and make good any damage done by them.

Textual Amendments

F30Word in s. 48(1) substituted (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60), ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(1) (by virtue of which provision s. 48 ceased to have effect (1.12.1991) in relation to a drain or private sewer connecting with a public sewer).

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C10S. 48 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C11S. 48 repealed (in relation to a drain or private sewer connecting with a public sewer) (1.12.1991) by Water Consolidation (Consequential Provisions) Act 1991 (c. 60), ss. 2, 4(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(1).

C12s. 48 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art 8, Sch.2.

C19S. 48 modified by SI 2010/675 Sch. 23 Pt. 8 para. 3 Table 9 (as substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1)

C20S. 48 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C22S. 48 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

49 Rooms over closets of certain types, or over ashpits, &c., not to be used as living, sleeping or workrooms.E+W

(1)A room which, or any part of which, is immediately over a closet, other than a watercloset or earthcloset, or immediately over a cesspool, midden or ashpit, shall not be occupied as a living room, sleeping room or workroom.

(2)Any person who, after seven days’ notice from the local authority, occupies any room in contravention of the provisions of this section, or who permits any room to be so occupied, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F31level 1 on the standard scale], and to a further fine not exceeding [F32£2] for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor.

Textual Amendments

F32Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C24S. 49 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C25S. 49 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

50 Overflowing and leaking cesspools.E+W

(1)If the contents of any cesspool soak therefrom or overflow, the local authority . . . F33 may by notice require the person by whose act, default or sufferance the soakage or overflow occurred or continued to execute such works, or to take such steps by periodically emptying the cesspool or otherwise, as may be necessary for preventing the soakage or overflow:

Provided that this subsection shall not apply in relation to the effluent from a properly constructed tank for the reception and treatment of sewage, if that effluent is of such a character, and is so conveyed away and disposed of, as not to be prejudicial to health or a nuisance.

(2)In so far as a notice under this section requires a person to execute works, the provisions of Part XII of this Act with respect to appeals against, and the enforcement of, notices requiring the execution of works shall apply in relation to the notice.

(3)In so far as such a notice requires a person to take any steps other than the execution of works, he shall, if he fails to comply with the notice, be liable to a fine not exceeding [F34level 1 on the standard scale], and to a further fine not exceeding [F35£2] for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor:

Provided that in any proceedings under this subsection it shall be open to the defendant to question the reasonableness of the authority’s requirements.

Textual Amendments

F35Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C26S. 50 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C27S. 50 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

C29S. 50 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C30S. 50 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

51 Care of closets. E+W

(1)The occupier of every building in, or in connection with, which a watercloset or an earthcloset is provided shall, in the case of a watercloset, cause the flushing apparatus thereof to be kept supplied with water sufficient for flushing and where necessary to be properly protected against frost, and shall, in the case of an earthcloset, cause it to be kept supplied with dry earth or other suitable deodorising material.

(2)A person who fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F36level 1 on the standard scale]

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C31S. 51 amended (Greater London) by London Government Act 1963 (c. 33), Sch. 11 Pt. I para. 13

C32Ss. 51-52 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C33Ss. 51-52 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

52 Care of sanitary conveniences used in common.E+W

Where a sanitary convenience is used in common by the members of two or more families, the following provisions shall have effect:—

(a)if any person injures or improperly fouls the convenience, or anything used in connection therewith, or wilfully or by negligence causes an obstruction in the drain therefrom, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F37level 1 on the standard scale];

(b)if the convenience, or the approach thereto, is, for want of proper cleansing or attention, in such a condition as to be insanitary, such of the persons having the use thereof in common as are in default, or, in the absence of satisfactory proof as to which of them is in default, each of them, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F37level 1 on the standard scale], and to a further fine not exceeding [F38£2] for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor.

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Removal of refuse, scavenging, keeping of animals, &c.E+W

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78 Scavenging of common courts and passages.E+W

(1)If any court, yard or passage which is used in common by the occupants of two or more buildings, but is not a highway repairable by the inhabitants at large, is not regularly swept and kept clean and free from rubbish or other accumulation to the satisfaction of the local authority, the authority may cause it to be swept and cleansed.

(2)The local authority may recover any expenses reasonably incurred by them under this section from the occupiers of the buildings which front or abut on the court or yard, or to which the passage affords access, in such proportions as may be determined by the authority, or, in case of dispute, by a court of summary jurisdiction.

79 [F47Power to require removal of noxious matter by occupier of premises in urban district. E+W

(1)If in a borough or [F48district,] or in a rural district or contributory place in which section forty-nine of the M2Public Health Act 1875, was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, it appears to the [F49proper officer of the authority] that any accumulation of noxious matter ought to be removed, he shall serve notice on the owner thereof, or on the occupier of the premises on which it is found, requiring him to remove it, and, if the notice is not complied with within twenty-four hours after service thereof, the inspector may remove the matter referred to.

(2)A local authority may recover the expenses of any action reasonably taken by their inspector under the preceding sub-section from the owner or occupier in default.]

80 [F50Power to require periodical removal of manure, &c. from stables, &c. in urban district. E+W

(1)In a borough or [F51district,] and in a rural district or contributory place in which section fifty of the M3Public Health Act 1875 was in force immediately before the commencement of this Act, the local authority may by public or other notice require the periodical removal, at such intervals as may be specified in the notice, of manure or refuse from mews, stables or other premises.

(2)If a person on whom a notice has been served under this section fails to comply therewith, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F52level 1 on the standard scale].]

Textual Amendments

F51Words substituted by virtue of Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 179(3)

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

Marginal Citations

81 Byelaws for the prevention of certain nuisances. E+W

A local authority may make byelaws for preventing—

(a)the occurrence of nuisances from snow, filth, dust, ashes and rubbish;

(b)the keeping of animals so as to be prejudicial to health.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C54S. 81 modified by S.I. 2010/675, Sch. 23 Pt. 8 para. 3 Table 9 (as substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1)

C55S. 81 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C57S. 81 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

82 Byelaws as to removal through streets of offensive matter or liquid. E+W

(1)A local authority may make byelaws—

(a)prescribing the times for the removal, or carriage through the streets, of any fæcal or offensive or noxious matter or liquid, whether that matter or liquid is in course of removal or carriage from within, or from without, or through, their district;

(b)requiring that the receptacle or vehicle used for the removal or carriage of any such matter or liquid shall be properly constructed and covered so as to prevent the escape of any such matter or liquid;

(c)requiring the cleansing of any place whereon any such matter or liquid has been dropped or split in the course of removal or carriage.

(2)If and so far as a byelaw made under the preceding sub-section is inconsistent with [F53an order under section [F546 of the M4Road Traffic Regulation Act 1967] the order shall prevail].

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C59S. 82 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C60S. 82 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

C67S. 82 modified by SI 2010/675 Sch. 23 Pt. 8 para. 3 Table 9 (as substituted (1.10.2011) by The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) (Amendment) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2043), reg. 1(b), Sch. 1)

C68S. 82 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C70S. 82 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

Marginal Citations

Filthy or verminous premises or articles, and verminous persons.E+W

83 Cleansing of filthy or verminous premises. E+W

[F55(1)Where a local authority, upon consideration of a report from any of their officers, or other information in their possession, are satisfied that any premises—

(a)are in such a filthy or unwholesome condition as to be prejudicial to health, or

(b)are verminous,

the local authority shall give notice to the owner or occupier of the premises requiring him to take such steps as may be specified in the notice to remedy the condition of the premises by cleansing and disinfecting them, and the notice may require among other things the removal of wallpaper or other covering of the walls, or, in the case of verminous premises, the taking of such steps as may be necessary for destroying or removing vermin.

(1A)A notice under the foregoing subsection may require—

(a)the interior surface of premises used for human habitation or as shops or offices to be papered, painted or distempered, and

(b)the interior surface of any other premises to be painted, distempered or whitewashed,

and shall allow the person on whom the notice is served, or the local authority acting in his default, to choose, in a case under paragraph (a) of this subsection, between papering, painting and distempering and, in a case under paragraph (b) of this subsection, between painting, distempering and whitewashing.]

(2)If a person on whom a notice under this section is served fails to comply with the requirements thereof, the authority may themselves carry out the requirements and recover from him the expenses reasonably incurred by them in so doing, and, without prejudice to the right of the authority to exercise that power, he shall be liable to a fine not exceeding [F56level 1 on the standard scale] and to a further fine not exceeding [F57£2] for each day on which the offence continues after conviction therefor:

Provided that in any proceedings under this subsection it shall be open to the defendant to question the reasonableness of the authority’s requirements or of their decision to address their notice to him and not to the occupier or, as the case may be, the owner of the premises.

(3)Where a local authority take action under paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of this section, their notice may require that they shall be allowed to employ gas for the purpose of destroying vermin on the premises, but in that case the notice shall be served both on the owner and on the occupier of the premises, and the authority shall bear the cost of their operations and may provide temporary shelter or house accommodation for any person compelled to leave the premises by reason of their operations.

[F58 (4) This section shall not apply to any premises forming part of a factory or of a mine or quarry within the meaning of the M5 Mines and Quarries Act 1954. ]

Textual Amendments

F55S. 83(1)(1A) substituted for s. 83(1) by Public Health Act 1961 (c. 64), s. 35(2) with saving for notices given under s. 83 before 3.10.1961

F57Words substituted by virtue of Decimal Currency Act 1969 (c. 19), s. 10(1)

F58S. 83(4) added by Public Health Act 1961 (c. 64), s. 35(3) with saving for notices given under s. 83 before 3.10.1961

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C72Power to apply conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 68(1)(a)

C73Ss. 83-86 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C74Ss. 83-86 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

C81Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C82Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

Marginal Citations

84 Cleansing or destruction of filthy or verminous articles. E+W

Where it appears to a local authority upon a certificate of [F59the proper officer of the authority] that any article in any premises—

(a)is in so filthy a condition as to render its cleansing, purification or destruction necessary in order to prevent injury, or danger of injury, to the health of any person in the premises; or

(b)is verminous, or by reason of its having been used by, or having been in contact with, any verminous person is likely to be verminous,

the local authority shall cause that article to be cleansed, purified, disinfected or destroyed, as the case may require, at their expense and, if necessary for that purpose, to be removed from the premises.

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C81Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C82Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

C83Power to apply conferred by Housing Act 1988 (c. 50, SIF 61), s. 68(1)(a)

C84Ss. 83-86 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C85Ss. 83-86 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

85 Cleansing of verminous persons and their clothing.E+W

(1)Upon the application of any person, a county council or a local authority may take such measures as are, in their opinion, necessary to free him and his clothing from vermin.

(2)Where it appears to a county council or a local authority, upon a report from [F60the proper officer of the authority], that any person, or the clothing of any person, is verminous, then, if that person consents to be removed to a cleansing station, they may cause him to be removed to such a station, and, if he does not so consent, they may apply to a court of summary jurisdiction, and the court, if satisfied that it is necessary that he or his clothing should be cleansed, may make an order for his removal to such a station and for his detention therein for such period and subject to such conditions as may be specified in the order.

(3)Where a person has been removed to a cleansing station in pursuance of the last preceding subsection, the county council or local authority shall take such measures as may, in their opinion, be necessary to free him and his clothing from vermin.

(4)The cleansing of females under this section shall be carried out only by a registered medical practitioner, or by a woman duly authorised by the [F60proper officer of the authority].

(5)Any consent required to be given for the purposes of this section may, in the case of a person under the age of sixteen years, be given on his behalf by his parent or guardian.

(6)No charge shall be made in respect of the cleansing of a person or his clothing, or in respect of his removal to, or maintenance in, a cleansing station under this section.

(7)The powers conferred on a county council or local authority by this section shall be in addition to, and not in derogation of, any power in relation to the cleansing of children which may be exercisable by them [F61under Chapter 2 of Part 9 of the Education Act 1996].

Textual Amendments

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C81Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C82Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

C86Ss. 83-86 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C87Ss. 83-86 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

C88 “Authority” where substituted in s. 85(2)(4) includes County Council: Local Government Act 1972 (c. 70), s. 270(1)

86 Provision of cleansing stations.E+W

A county council or local authority may provide such cleansing stations as may be necessary for the discharge of their functions under any of the three last preceding sections.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C81Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (14.6.2016) by The River Tees Port Health Authority Order 2016 (S.I. 2016/644), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2

C82Ss. 83-86 functions transferred and modified (E.) (31.3.2017) by The Weymouth Port Health Authority Order 2017 (S.I. 2017/558), arts. 1(1), 9, Sch. 2 (with art. 9(3))

C89Ss. 83-86 modified (7.8.1991) by S.I. 1991/1773, art. 8, Sch.2.

C90Ss. 83-86 modified (10.1.1992) by S.I. 1991/2913, art. 8, Sch.2.

Public sanitary conveniencesE+W

87 Provision of public conveniences [F62in England ] . E+W

[F63( 1 )[F64A county council in England, a local authority in England] or a parish F65... council may, subject to subsection (2) of this section, provide sanitary conveniences in proper and convenient situations.

(2)Any such council or authority shall not provide any such convenience in or under a highway or proposed highway for which they are not the highway authority without the consent of the highway authority.]

(3)[F66Any such council or] authority who provide any public sanitary conveniences, may—

(a)make byelaws as to the conduct of persons using or entering them;

(b)let them for such term, at such rent, and subject to such conditions as they think fit;

(c)charge such fees for the use of any such conveniences F67... as they think fit.

(4)In this section the expression “sanitary conveniences” includes lavatories.

Textual Amendments

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C91S. 87 modified by S.I. 1973/686, art. 3(1), Sch. 3

C92Functions of Minister of Transport under s. 87(1) in relation to Wales now exercisable by Secretary of State: S.I. 1965/319, art. 3, Sch. 2 Pt. I

88. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F68E+W

89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F69E+W

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90 Interpretation of Part II.E+W

(1)In this Part of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, the following expressions have the meanings hereby assigned to them, that is to say—

  • cesspool” includes a settlement tank or other tank for the reception or disposal of foul matter from buildings;

  • closet” includes privy;

  • earthcloset” means a closet having a moveable receptable for the reception of fæcal matter and its deodorisation by the use of earth, ashes or chemicals, or by other methods;

  • joint sewerage board” includes any authority or committee constituted for the purpose of collecting and dealing with the contents of sewers from the districts of two or more local authorities;

  • sanitary conveniences” means closets and urinals;

  • . . . F70

  • surface water” includes water from roofs;

  • “vermin,” in its application to insects and parasites, includes their eggs, larvæ and pupæ, and the expression “verminous” shall be construed accordingly; and

  • watercloset” means a closet which has a separate fixed receptacle connected to a drainage system and separate provision for flushing from a supply of clean water either by the operation of mechanism or by automatic action.

(2)For the purposes of this Part of this Act [F71except sections 61 to 71 and any other enactment to which section 74(1) of the M6Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 applies], any of the following operations shall be deemed to be the erection of a building, that is to say—

(i)the re-erection of any building or part of a building when an outer wall of that building or, as the case may be, that part of a building has been pulled down, or burnt down, to within ten feet of the surface of the ground adjoining the lowest storey of the building or of that part of the building;

(ii)the re-erection of any frame building or part of a frame building when that building or part of a building has been so far pulled down, or burnt down, as to leave only the framework of the lowest storey of the building or of that part of the building.

(iii)the roofing over of any open space between walls or buildings;

and the word “erect” shall be construed accordingly.

(3). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

(4)Any reference in this Part of this Act to a drain or to a sewer shall be construed as including a reference to any manholes, ventilating shafts, pumps or other accessories belonging to that drain or sewer, F73. . .

F73(5). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F72

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F70Definition of “sewerage authority” repealed by Water Act 1973 (c. 37), Sch. 9

F71Words substituted by Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (c. 37), Sch. 6 Pt. I para. 3(a)

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