Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847

Communication with the pipes of the undertakers to be made under the superintendence of their surveyor.

49. Before any pipe is made to communicate with the pipes of the undertakers, the person intending to lay such pipe shall give two days notice to the undertakers of the day and hour when such pipe is intended to be made to communicate with the pipes of the undertakers; and every such pipe shall be so made to communicate under the superintendence and according to the directions of the surveyor or other officer appointed for that purpose by the undertakers, unless such surveyor or officer fail to attend at the time mentioned in the said notice; and in case of any dispute as to the manner in which such pipe shall be so made to communicate, it shall in England or Ireland be settled by two justices, and in Scotland by the sheriff, or in either case by the inspector to be appointed as aforesaid.