Sewerage and Drainage Act 10 of 1999 (Chapter 294), Revised edition 2001.An Act to provide for and regulate the construction, maintenance and improvement of sewerage and land drainage systems, to regulate the discharge of sewage and trade effluent and for matters connected therewith. [1st April 1999] PART IPRELIMINARYShort title1. This Act may be cited as the Sewerage and Drainage Act. Interpretation2. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires — "authorised officer" means any person appointed as an authorised officer under section 3 (2); "Board" means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under section 3 of the Public Utilities Act 2001 (Act 8 of 2001); "building" has the same meaning as in the Building Control Act (Cap. 29); "competent authority" means an authority appointed under section 5 of the Planning Act (Cap. 232); "drain" includes any canal, culvert, conduit, river or watercourse; "drain-line" means an...