Section 27: Discharge of water on roads
consolidated text (as at 2013, amended since). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
27. Discharge of water on roads
(1) (a) No occupier of premises adjoining a road shall cause surface water from the premises to flow on to a road or into a road drain by whatever
means without the written permission of the highway authority responsible
for the road.
(b) No permission shall be granted unless the person making the application agrees to bear, and deposits a sum sufficient to cover, the expenses of the construction, enlargement or alteration of any road drain which
the highway authority considers necessary.
(2) Any person aggrieved by a refusal of permission under subsection (1)
may appeal to the Minister, whose decision shall be final.
PART II – CONSTRUCTION, CARE, MAINTENANCE
AND IMPROVEMENT OF ROADS