Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

Penalty on neglect of sanitary authority to remove refuse, &c.

53. If a sanitary authority who have themselves undertaken or contracted for the removal of house refuse from premises, or the cleansing of earthclosets privies ashpits and cesspools, fail, without reasonable excuse, after notice in writing from the occupier of any house within their district requiring them to remove any house refuse, or to cleanse any earthcloset privy ashpit or cesspool belonging to such house or used by the occupiers thereof, to cause the same to be removed or cleansed, as the case may be, within seven days, the sanitary authority shall be liable to pay to the occupier of such house a penalty not exceeding five shillings for every day during which such default continues after the expiration of the said period.