Section 117
of Public Health Ordinance 1960
Section 117
(1)
Where a person proposes to construct a private sewer or private drain he shall inform the local authority and the local authority may, if it considers that the proposed sewer or drain is, or is likely to be, needed to form part of a general sewerage or drainage system which it has provided or proposes to provide, require him to construct the sewer or drain in a manner differing, as regards material or size of pipes, depth, fall direction or outfall, or otherwise, from the manner in which he proposes to construct it, and it shall be his duty to comply with the requirements of the local authority.
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(2)
A local authority which exercises the power conferred upon it by this section shall repay to the person constructing the sewer or drain the extra expense reasonably incurred by him in complying with such requirements, and unless the sewer or drain becomes vested in such authority, it shall also from time to time repay to him so much of any expenses reasonably incurred by him in repairing or maintaining the sewer or drain, as may be attributable to its requirements having been made and complied with.
Communication of private sewers and drains with public sewers and drains.