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On non-payment of rate, or if house be unoccupied, undertakers may remove pipes, &c. provided by them.
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46. If the occupier for the time being of the house in which any such communication pipes or other works and engines shall have been laid down by the undertakers refuse to pay for a supply of water, or if such house be unoccupied for twelve months, the undertakers may demand from the owner thereof payment of the amount of the principal money invested by them in providing and laying down such communication pipes and other works and engines; and if such owner, after ten days notice given to him by the undertakers, neglect or refuse to pay such principal money, the undertakers may enter the house and remove such pipes an other works; and the balance of such principal money, after deducting the value of such pipes and other works, with all arrear of rent for such pipes and works, shall, in default of payment, be recovered, with the costs incurred, from the owner or from the occupier for the time being, in the same manner as water rates are directed by this or the special Act to be recovered: Provided always, that no greater sum shall be recovered from any such occupier than the amount of rent for the time being owing by him, unless he refuse to discover the amount of rent owing by him; and that every such occupier shall be entitled to deduct from the amount of rent payable by him the sum so recovered from him, or which he shall have paid on demand.
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