Public Health (Ireland) Act, 1878

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Penalty on unauthorised building over sewers and under streets in urban district.

29. Any person who in any urban district, without the written consent of the urban authority,—

(1.) Causes any building to be newly erected over any sewer of the urban authority; or

(2.) Causes any vault, arch, or cellar to be newly built or constructed under the carriageway of any street,

shall forfeit to the urban authority the sum of five pounds and a further sum of forty shillings for every day during which the offence is continued after a written notice in this behalf from the urban authority; and the urban authority may cause any building, vault, arch, or cellar, erected or constructed in contravention of this section to be altered, pulled down, or otherwise dealt with as they may think fit, and may recover in a summary manner any expenses incurred by them in so doing from the offender.

Disposal of Sewage.