Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38.

  • Great Britain.
Date:
1897]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Public Health (Scotland) Act 1897 : 60 & 61 Vict. Ch. 38. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    111. Any owner or occupier of premises beyond the limits of the A.D. 1897. district of a local authority or within said limits who is not liable oTsewers for public health general assessment or special sewer assessment by persons may cause any sewer or drain from such premises to communicate beyond district, with any sewer of the local authority ; provided always, that such sewer of the local authority and any works connected therewith are of sufficient capacity and otherwise suitable for receiving such additional drainage ; and that upon such terms and conditions as may be agreed upon between such owner or occupier and such local authority, and any dispute which may arise under this section shall be determined summarily by the sheriff. Provided always that the additional sewage so to be emptied or discharged into the sewers is not of a nature to cause damage to the structure of the sewer or, by admixture with other sewage therein, to cause a nuisance. 112. Every person, not being authorised by the local authority. Penalty for • who shall make any drain into any sewer vested in the local ^aj^^? authority shall be liable in a penalty not exceeding five pound*^', drains, and the local authority may close any communication between a drain and sewer made in contravention of this section, and may recover in a summary manner from the person so offending any expenses incurred by them. 113. Before entering into any contract for executing eny such Estimates work as herein-before or after mentioned, falling under tins part ^o'^^- of this Act, or connected with sewage or drainage, if the expense thereof may exceed thirty pounds, the local authority shall procure from a surveyor an estimate of the probable expense of constructing the same in a substantial manner, and of the yearly expense of maintaining the same in repair; and such surveyor shall accom- pany such estimate with a report as to the most advantae^eous mode of constructing such work, whether under a contract for construct- ing the same merely, or a contract for constructing the same and maintaining it in repair during a given term of years. 114. Unless with consent of the local authority, no building shall Not to build be erected over any sewer belonging to the local authority, and no over sewers, vault, arch, or cellar, or subway, or other structure shall be made, ^' and no pipes of any kind shall be laid so as to interfere with any such sewer. 115. All sewers and drains, whether public or private, shall be Sewera to sufficiently trapped and ventilated by the persons to whom they ^® tapped, severally belong to the satisfaction of the local authority. 116. The owners or occupiers of distilleries, manufactories, and Distilleries, &c. other works shall be compelled, where possible, to dig, make, and Jefugf***' construct pools or reservoirs within their own ground, or as near their works as possible, for receiving and depositing the refuse of such works so far as offensive or injurious or dangerous to the health of those living in the vicinity thereof, or to use the best practicable means for rendering the same inoffensive or innoxious before discharging it into any river, stream, ditch, sewer, or other channel.