Article 9 Power to take, pump and discharge water
Except as provided in paragraphs (2) and (3) below, notwithstanding anything contained in any other enactment the Council may, for the purposes of or in connection with the exercise of their functions under this Order, take, impound and use water from the creek or pump any water from the creek into any sewer, drain or watercourse and for any of those purposes may, within the limits of deviation, lay down, take up and alter conduits, pipes and other works and conveniences and make any convenient connections with the creek or, as the case may be, with the sewer, drain or watercourse.
The Council shall not, under the powers of this article—
discharge any water into any sewer or drain except with the consent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld) of the sewerage undertaker or (in the case of a private sewer or drain) the owner and subject to such terms and conditions as the sewerage undertaker or the owner, as the case may be, may reasonably impose, and
make any opening into any such sewer or drain save in accordance with plans approved by and under the superintendence, if given, of, the sewerage undertaker or the owner, as the case may be, but such approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.
Subject to article 5 above, nothing in this article shall relieve the Council from the requirements of the Water Resources Act 1991.
Section 85 of the Water Resources Act 1991 shall apply to a discharge under the powers of this article into any controlled waters within the meaning given by section 104 of that Act as if this article were excluded from the reference to any local statutory provision mentioned in section 88(1)(f) of that Act.
In paragraph (2) above “owner” includes any person with a right to use the private sewer or drain in question.