Victorian Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works Act 1958 - SECT 152

Construction of private sewers and drains

152. Construction of private sewers and drains

No person shall make or branch or cause to be made or branched any sewer or
drain or make or cause to be made any opening into any sewer vested in
the Board without the previous consent in writing of the Board. Any person may
with such consent at his own expense make or branch any drain into any sewer
vested in the Board or any part thereof which is so far completed as to be
ready for use in any street or other place within the metropolis, such drain
being of such size materials and other conditions and branched into such sewer
and ventilated in such manner and form in all respects as the Board directs or
appoints. Every person who without the consent of the Board makes or branches
or causes to be made or branched any sewer or drain, or makes or causes to be
made any opening into any of the sewers vested in it, or makes or branches or
causes to be made or branched any drain of a different construction size
materials or other conditions, or in any other manner or form from that which
is directed or appointed by the Board, shall for every such offence be liable
to a penalty of not more than 10 penalty units; and the Board may cut off the
connexion between such drain and its sewer, or, if it sees fit, execute the
necessary works for making the said drain conformable to its regulations or
directions at the expense of the person making such drain or causing the same
to be made. Such expenses may be recovered either by action at law or in a
summary manner.

For the purpose of this section and all subsequent sections in this Part the
words "person" or "persons" or "owner" or "owners" shall be deemed to include
Rail Track the Minister administering the Education Act 1958 any council and
any public or private corporation.