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        Water and Sewerage Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1973 (No. 70 (NI 2))
        Introductory Text
        Main body
        PART I INTRODUCTORY
        1. Title and commencement
        2. Interpretation
        PART II WATER AND SEWERAGE SERVICES
        3. Ministry's duty to provide water and sewerage services
        3A. Water quality
        3B. Regulations for preserving water quality
        3C. Standards of wholesomeness
        Private water supplies
        3D. Functions of Department in relation to water quality of private supplies
        3E. Remedial functions of Department in relation to private supplies
        3F. Supplementary provisions
        4. Cost in relation to provision of services
        5. Consultation with district councils
        {Art. 6 rep. by 1999 NI 6}
        7. Water Appeals Commission for Northern Ireland
        8. Procedure on appeals
        9. Transfer to Ministry of certain sewers, drains, pipes etc. in roads
        PART III WORKS AND LAND
        10. Acquisition of land
        11. Acquisition of water rights
        12. Adoption of works, sewers, pipes or drains
        13. Execution of works
        14. Closing etc. of facilities
        15. Notice of certain works
        16. Power to require occupier to permit works to be executed by owner
        PART IV RIGHTS AND DUTIES OF OWNERS AND OCCUPIERS
        17. Applications for water or sewerage services
        18. Rights of owners and occupiers following lawful connections
        19. Liability of certain owners and occupiers
        PART V
        TRADE EFFLUENTS
        20. Right to discharge into sewers and sewage treatment works
        CONTROL OF NEW DISCHARGES
        21. Meaning of new discharge
        22. Consent required to new discharges
        23. Procedure on application for consent to new discharge
        24. Decision on application
        25. Intimation of decision
        26. Appeals
        26A. Information relating to new discharges of trade effluents
        27. Review of consents etc.
        CONTROL OF EXISTING DISCHARGES
        28. Meaning of existing discharge
        29. Right to continue existing discharge
        30. Information relating to existing discharges
        31. Review of existing discharges
        AGREEMENTS IN LIEU OF APPLICATIONS FOR CONSENT
        32. Agreements as respects trade premises
        SUPPLEMENTARY
        33. Power to extend Part V to other effluents
        PART VI MISCELLANEOUS (WATER)
        34. Pollution of water belonging to the Ministry
        35. Water for fire fighting
        36. Water shortages
        PART VII MISCELLANEOUS (SEWERAGE)
        37. Emptying of septic tanks
        38. Ministry's rights as to sewage
        39. Certain matter not to be passed into sewerage system
        PART VIII GENERAL
        MISCELLANEOUS
        40. Regulations as to water and sewerage services
        40A. Offences of contaminating, wasting and misusing water, etc.
        40B. Regulations for preventing contamination, waste, etc., and with respect to water fittings
        41. Alteration of or interference with Ministry's works
        42. Facilities for recreational use of certain land
        43. Safety of reservoirs
        44. Supply of water fittings
        45. Obstruction
        INFORMATION ETC.
        46. Information as to ownership etc. of premises
        47. Production of plans and furnishing of information
        48. Maps of sewers and mains
        49. Research and publicity
        50. Powers of entry
        51. Admissibility of samples as evidence
        52. Restriction on disclosure of information
        FINANCIAL
        53. Charges for services
        54. Recovery of expenses
        55. Compensation etc. in respect of execution of works
        56. Financial provision
        56A. Legal proceedings
        56B. Power to give effect to international obligations
        SUPPLEMENTARY
        57. Regulations and orders
        57A. Civil liability of Department for escapes of water
        58. Protection for telegraph and telephone lines
        {Art. 59 rep. by SLR 1980}
        {Art. 60(1), with Schedule 3, effects amendments; paras. (2) (3), with Schedule 4, effect repeal...}
        61. Savings
        Schedules
        SCHEDULE 1 CONSTITUTION AND STAFF OF WATER APPEALS COMMISION FOR NORTHERN IRELAND
        SCHEDULE 2 MODIFICATIONS OF SCHEDULE 6 TO THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT (NORTHERN IRELAND) 1972 FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 10
        SCHEDULE 3
        SCHEDULE 4

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