Consent from neighbour to construct private drains - AC2110 Version 1 Page 2 of 2
SECTION 461 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1974
Further provisions with respect to private drains
(1) Where any private drain constructed with the consent of the owners of all the lands affected or constructed by
the council pursuant to section 460 of this Act passes through or serves separately owned premises, there shall be
attached to each and all of the lands served by that private drain the following rights, namely:
(a) A right to the free and uninterrupted use of that private drain; and
(b) A right for the occupiers or any of them to enter upon all lands served by that drain, or through which it passes,
for the purpose of relaying or effecting necessary repairs to the drain; and
(c) A right to contribution from the owners or occupiers of other lands so served by that drain towards the cost of
executing, providing, and doing all or any of the things required in respect of the drain by this Part of this Act or
any bylaw; and
(d) A right to contribution from the owners or occupiers of those other lands towards the cost of all necessary
relaying of or repairs to the drain; and
(e) A right to the recovery from the owners or occupiers of the other lands through which that drain passes but
which are not served by the drain of the cost of any repairs to the drain necessitated by any wilful or negligent
act of those owners or occupiers, -
and those rights, upon a certicate being furnished by the principal administrative ofcer that any of the lands is actually served
by that drain, together with such plans (if any) as the District Land Registrar requires, shall be registered by the District Land
Registrar against the titles to all the other lands so served by the drain, and also, in the case of the right to free and uninterrupted
use of the drain and the right to enter upon land to effect necessary relaying or repairs, or to recover under paragraph (e) of this
subsection the cost of any repairs to the drain, against the titles to the lands through which the drain passes.
(2) The District Land Registrar, on the receipt by him of a certicate signed by the principal administrative ofcer that
any of the said lands is actually served by that private drain shall enter on the register and upon the outstanding
duplicate certicate of title for that land, which certicate of title shall be produced to him for that purpose, -
(a) Particulars of the certicate given by the principal administrative ofcer; and
(b) A memorandum that there are attached to the land the rights specied in subsection (1) of this section
(3) If any question arises as to the liability of any owner or occupier under any provision of subsection (1) of this section,
a District Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine the question, and the decision of the
Court shall be nal.