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HEALTH ACT 1911 - SECT 54

54 .         Power of local government to construct and maintain sewers

                A local government may —

            (a)         formulate or combine with any other local government in formulating a scheme or joint scheme for the construction and maintenance of all sewers, drains, and appliances necessary for carrying away or disposing of or treating any noxious or waste matter within its or their district or districts, or any portion or portions thereof;

            (b)         without limiting the generality of the provisions of paragraph (a) formulate a scheme for the installation of, and install on premises generally or in any specified portion of the district, apparatus for the treatment of sewage;

            (c)         subject to the provisions of this Part exercise beyond the district for the purpose of outfall or distribution of sewage all or any of the powers conferred by this Part;

            (d)         alter or improve any such works from time to time;

            (e)         install on any lands which such works are designed or intended, or capable of serving all such drains, fittings, ventilating shafts, pipes, or tubes as may be necessary effectually to enable noxious or waste matter on the said lands to be discharged into any such sewer.

        [Section 54 inserted by No. 38 of 1933 s. 11 and 42; amended by No. 14 of 1996 s. 4; No. 28 of 1996 s. 5.]



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