{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847/section-34",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/Vict/10-11/34",
  "legislation_title": "Towns Improvement Clauses Act 1847",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/towns-improvement-clauses-act-1847",
  "path": "section/34",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "34",
  "heading": "Sewers may be used by owners and occupiers of land beyond limits of town or district.",
  "text": "Any person, being the owner or occupier of any lands beyond the limits of the special Act, and in respect of which he would not be liable to the payment of the rates authorized to be levied under this and the special Act, may, with the consent of the commissioners first obtained in writing, upon payment to them of a reasonable sum of money to be agreed upon between them, at his own expence, and under the superintendence of the surveyor of the commissioners, cause to branch into and to communicate with any of the sewers belonging to the commissioners any sewer or drain in respect of the said property which may be lawfully made therefrom, of such size and in such manner and form of communication as the commissioners approve of: Provided always, that nothing in this or the special Act contained shall effect any right theretofore acquired by such owner or occupier to use any of the sewers or drains belonging to the commissioners under the provisions of this or the special Act.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Vict/10-11/34/section/34",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:31:02.753043+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}