Singapore legislation
Section 4
Section 4
Construction and maintenance of public sewerage systems
(1)
The Board —
may cause to be made and constructed any public sewerage system;
must maintain and keep in repair every public sewerage system; and
may enlarge, alter or otherwise improve or discontinue, close up or destroy any public sewerage system which the Board thinks is useless or unnecessary.
(2)
For the purposes of subsection (1), the Board may —
lay pipes in, under or over any premises, street or building and keep the pipes there;
tunnel or bore under any premises, street or building;
carry the sewerage system across, through, along or under any premises or the cellar, basement or vault of any building; and
carry out any works requisite for, or incidental to, the purposes of subsection (1).
(3)
An authorised officer may enter any premises for the purposes of subsection (1) only after giving notice in accordance with section 44.
(4)
In carrying out any works under this section, the Board must cause as little damage as possible, and must make reasonable compensation for any damage done to any premises, street or building affected by those works.
(5)
If by reason of the alteration or closing up of any public sewerage system any person is deprived of the lawful use of any sewer, the Board must with due diligence provide some other sewer as effectual as the one the person is so deprived of.
(6)
The Board may serve a notice on the owner or supplier of any gas, electricity, water or telecommunication services to alter the course or position of any wire, line, cable, pipe, tube, casing, duct, post, structure or other apparatus which belongs to that owner or is maintained by that owner or supplier and to repair any road surface thereby disturbed if, in the opinion of the Board, such alteration is required for the purposes of subsection (1).
(7)
The Board may give notice to the owner or occupier of any premises requiring the owner or occupier to remove any object or structure described in the notice which is erected on or attached to, or projects from, the land or building, if in the opinion of the Board the removal of the object or structure is required for the purposes of subsection (1).
(8)
Any costs and expenses incurred by an owner, supplier or occupier under subsection (6) or (7) must be borne by the Board.