When Town Council may erect tanks on private property

(1) Any Town Council may utilise the roof of any building within their jurisdiction and not used as a dwelling-house to serve as a collection area for rain water, and to fix gutters and pipes to such roof and to erect tanks on the land on which such building is situated for the purpose of storing rain water. 37 (2) Before proceeding to erect any tank as aforesaid the Town Council shall give at least one month’s written notice to the owner of the land and shall erect the tank on such suitable part of the land as the owner shall by writing before the expiration of the notice direct. (3) The rain water stored in any tank so erected shall be the property of the Town Council whose officers shall have such right of access to the tank for themselves and the recipients of water as may be necessary for the purposes of water supply or for repairs, Provided that, (a) this section shall not apply to any roof the rain water of which is properly collected in a tank of a capacity of not less than five thousand gallons; (b) the owner of any roof from which any Town Council is collecting water may purchase the gutters, pipes and tanks from such local authority at a price to be fixed by the