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keeping of records of such measurements, and the making of returns to
the authorities.
Any person failing to comply with any such conditions or damaging
or interfering with apparatus, or keeping false records, or making false
returns, will be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding
£100 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding three months, or to
both.
The appointed day for the purposes of the foregoing provisions is
the 1st April, 1964.
The City Council, at its meeting on 31st January, 1963, agreed that
the Council's powers under Part II of the above Act should be referred
to the Works Committee.
(b) Powers with regard to buildings liable to flooding
In Part III of the Act, Section 23 gives the Metropolitan Borough
Councils and the City Corporation powers in respect of any building which
is liable to flooding by virtue of the fact that it does not drain efficiently
by gravitation into a sewer at all times and under all conditions of flow.
The owner or occupier may be required either to carry out remedial
works or to close the building or part thereof, or to limit its use to a
purpose approved by the authority. There is a right of appeal to the
Magistrates' Court against such a requirement.
A maximum fine of £20, and a maximum daily fine of £5. may be
imposed for use of the premises in contravention of the authority's
requirement.
A local authority may, with the agreement of the owner or occupier,
carry out any necessary work at its own expense.
Section 24 enables an owner or occupier who has been required to
carry out work to claim reasonable expenses in respect of that work
from the authority. Compensation may also be claimed in respect of
consequential trade disturbance, depreciation in the value of a building
or any removal expenses. A local authority meeting such claims will be
entitled to obtain reimbursement of certain of the expenses from the
County Council where a building drains directly into a sewer vested in
the County Council.
Part III of the Act came into force on the 1st August, 1962.
The City Council, at its meeting on 31st January, 1963, agreed that
the Council's powers under Part III of the above Act, with regard to the
prevention of flooding of premises, should be referred to the Public
Health Committee.