Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2021)

9.   Failure of owner to provide a satisfactory system of drainage

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    (1)   Where any person constructs a new building or extends an existing building without providing a satisfactory system of drainage where such provision is required under section 6 hereof or where any person being the owner of an existing building fails to comply with the requirements of the Sewerage Authority to make provision for a satisfactory system of drainage for such building as required under section 7 hereof or where such a person fails to maintain an existing system of drainage in a satisfactory manner then the Sewerage Authority shall by notice require the owner or the owners of such building to provide or to restore a satisfactory system of drainage for the building as defined in section 8 hereof and shall state in such notice the period of time within which such a system of drainage shall be completed ready for use and shall indicate that in default of the owner or owners to provide such a system the Sewerage Authority will itself execute the necessary work at the expense of the owner or owners aforesaid and that the provisions of section 10 for securing repayment of the expenses thereby incurred will become applicable to him or her or them.

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    (2)   The form of notice required under this section shall be in the Form A in Schedule 2 hereto.

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    (3)   A copy of the said notice shall at the same time as it is served on the owner of a building be registered with the Registrar of Deeds and Mortgages who shall enter the same in the appropriate volume of the Register Book.