New sewer or stormwater drain to be constructed if it is less costly than a connection to an existing sewer or stormwater drain
145 New sewer or stormwater drain to be constructed if it is less costly than a connection to an existing sewer or stormwater drain
A council that believes that it would cost more to provide for the flow of existing sewers or stormwater drains on 2 or more separate premises to empty into an existing sewer or stormwater drain than it would to provide for the flow to empty into a new sewer or stormwater drain may construct a new sewer or stormwater drain for that purpose.
A council, on constructing such a new sewer or stormwater drain, may, by order served on the owners or occupiers of the premises concerned, order those owners or occupiers to cause the sewers or stormwater drains on each of those premises to empty into the new sewer or stormwater drain.
The council—
must apportion fairly the expenses of the construction of the new sewer or stormwater drain among the owners or occupiers of each of the premises affected, and
require those owners or occupiers to pay the apportioned expenses to the council.
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