57Stoppage of supply of water where payment of rates or charges in arrear

57 Stoppage of supply of water where payment of rates or charges in arrear

If a person liable to pay any amount of water rate or charge for water supplied neglects to pay that amount within due time after it has been lawfully demanded, the undertakers may, after 24 hours' notice, cut off the supply of water to the tenement in respect of which the rate or charge is payable and the expense of cutting off the supply may be recovered in the same manner as that in which the water rate or charge is recovered.