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Wellington City Drainage Empowering Act 1894

Local Act	1894 No 6
Date of assent	8 September 1894

Contents

2 Interpretation

3 Council can compel private drains and appliances to be constructed or altered

4 Case of several separately-owned premises

5 The Council may cover in water-courses

6 Moneys payable by owners to be collected in instalments as rates

8 General by-laws as to drainage

9 By-laws may require works, etc, to be done to approval

10 Proof of by-laws

11 Municipal Corporations Act to apply to by-laws

12 Owner may recover percentage of instalment from three years tenant

13 Council may erect structures on or under public places

14 As to private streets and rights-of-way

15 Council may execute works on owner's default

16 Council may agree with owners to do works

17 Council may cause owners to treat sewage before admitting it to the sewers

18 Council may refuse to admit matters into the sewers

19 Council may make dams, etc, in streams

20 Penalty for interfering with public drains

21 Surface-water may be led into watercourses

22 Penalty on occupiers obstructing works

23 Cost of supervision of works to be added

24 Council may borrow on security of moneys payable by owners

25 Recovery of penalties

26 Existing by-laws validated

27 Powers of Municipal Corporations Act saved and extended

28 Application of sections 33 to 36 of The Public Works Act 1887.

29 As to conflicting public Acts

An Act to confer Additional Drainage-Powers upon the Mayor, Councillors, and Citizens of the City of Wellington.

BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand, in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—