Section 57
Power to require premises to be connected to public sewerage system
of Water Services Industry Act 2006
(1)
The Commission may direct the owner or management corporation, or if the owner or management corporation cannot with reasonable diligence be traced, the occupier of any premises not connected to a public sewerage system, to construct or install for the premises, within the period specified in the direction, a private connection pipe of such material or size and at such level as to enable the premises to be properly and effectively connected to any public sewer or public sewerage system located within thirty meters from the boundary of the premises.
(2)
If the owner, management corporation or occupier to whom a direction under subsection (1) has been issued fails to comply with the direction within the period specified in the direction, the
Commission or any person authorized by the Commission may construct or install the private connection pipe or cause the pipe to be constructed or installed and recover the expenses incurred in the construction and installation of such pipes from the owner, management corporation or occupier.