Water Services Act 2007

70C.

F58[ Duties of owners of premises connected to domestic waste water treatment systems.

70C. (1) The owner of a premises connected to a domestic waste water treatment system shall

(a) comply with regulations made under section 70L,

(b) ensure that the system does not constitute, and is not likely to constitute, a risk to human health or the environment, and, in particular does not

(i) create a risk to water, air or soil, or to plants and animals,

(ii) create a nuisance through noise or odours, or

(iii) adversely affect the countryside or places of special interest,

and

(c) ensure that the system is entered on a register of domestic waste water treatment systems in accordance with section 70B.

(2) A person who contravenes paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of subsection (1) commits an offence.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F58

Inserted (26.06.2012) by Water Services (Amendment) Act 2012 (2/2012), s. 4, S.I. No. 219 of 2012.