Drainage (Jersey)
Law 1962
Official
Consolidated Version
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the Legislation (Jersey) Law 2021.
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Drainage (Jersey)
Law 1962[1]
A LAW to make provision for the
repair, maintenance and control of watercourses, to control the erection of
buildings in relation to sewers and watercourses, and to amend in various
respects the Law relating to sewers and watercourses.
Commencement
[see
endnotes]
1 Interpretation
(1) In this Law, unless the
context otherwise requires –
“Minister” means the Minister for Infrastructure.[2]
(2) [3]
2 [4]
3 [5]
4 [6]
5 [7]
6 Special
provisions as regards the town of St. Helier[8]
In relation to the waters from the Grands Vaux and the Petits Vaux
and to the Grand-douet, the Petit-douet and the Faux-bié (hereinafter
referred to as the “Town Brooks”), the following provisions shall
apply –
(a)
(b)
(c) the riparian owners of
the Town Brooks downstream from Tunnel Street shall cease to be responsible for
the maintenance, upkeep and repair of the walls and vaults thereof, but the
Minister shall not be responsible for any damage caused as a result of the collapse
of such walls or vaults, by whatever reason caused;
(d) no compensation shall
be payable to any person by reason of the application of any of the provisions
of this Article.
7 [9]
8 [10]
9 [11]
10 [12]
11 [13]
12 [14]
13 Citation
This Law may be cited as the Drainage (Jersey) Law 1962.
[1] This
Law has been amended by the States of Jersey (Amendments and Construction
Provisions No. 3) (Jersey) Regulations 2005. The amendments replace all
references to a Committee of the States of Jersey with a reference to a
Minister of the States of Jersey, and remove and add defined terms
appropriately, consequentially upon the move from a committee system of
government to a ministerial system of government
[2] Article 1(1) amended
by L.3/2005, R&O.158/2015
[3] Article 1(2) repealed
by L.3/2005
[4] Article 2 repealed
by L.3/2005
[5] Article 3 repealed
by L.3/2005
[6] Article 4 repealed
by L.3/2005
[7] Article 5 repealed
by L.3/2005
[8] Article 6 amended
by L.3/2005
[9] Article 7 repealed
by L.3/2005
[10] Article 8 repealed
by L.3/2005
[11] Article 9 repealed
by L.3/2005
[12] Article 10 repealed
by L.3/2005
[13] Article 11 repealed
by L.3/2005
[14] Article 12 repealed
by L.3/2005