Irrigation Clauses Act 1973
42Channels, &c., to be kept in repair
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42 Channels, &c., to be kept in repair
(1) If a person, when required by the undertakers so to do, fails to keep in good repair the channels and other apparatus by means of which his land is supplied with water, the undertakers may cut off the supply of water from that land, until those channels and apparatus are sufficiently repaired.
(2) The undertakers may repair any such channels or apparatus so as to prevent any waste of water, and the expenses of that repair shall be paid to the undertakers by the person allowing them to become out of repair.