Power to lay sewers

(1) A licensee may in any sewerage disposal area lay a 101 (a) in any street; and (b) with the consent of every owner and occupier of any land not forming part of a street, and with the consent of the local authority of the district in which that land is situated and also of the authority responsible for highways, if the sewer will be laid within two hundred and twenty feet of any highway, in, on or over any land, and may from time to time inspect, repair, alter or renew, or may at any time remove any sewer laid down by them whether by virtue of this section or otherwise. (2) A consent required for the purposes of sub-section (1), shall not be unreasonably withheld and any question whether such a consent is or is not unreasonably withheld shall be referred to and determined by the P. U. C. (3) Where a licensee in the exercise of his powers under this section lays a sewer in, on or over any land not forming part of a street, or inspects, repairs, alters, renews or removes a main laid in, on or over any such land, he shall from time to time pay compensation to every person interested in that land for any damage done to or injurious affection of that land by reason of the inspection, laying, repair, alteration, renewal or removal of the sewer and any dispute as to the amount of compensation to be paid under this sub-section shall be referred to arbitration. (4) A licensee may erect and maintain in any street, notices indicating the position of underground sewerage works and appliances used for controlling the flow of sewage through the street sewer, and may affix such notices to any house or other building, post, pillar, wall or fence.