176Compensation not payable in certain cases

176 Compensation not payable in certain cases (1) Despite any other provision, an Authority is not liable to pay compensation for damage caused in the course of works to provide a sewer that the Authority decides is necessary for the proper sewerage of allotments of land, unless that damage is to buildings and is not repaired by the Authority. (2) Subsection (1) applies only to land— (a) that is subdivided in such a way that the allotments abut each other, back to back or side to back, without any right of way between them; and (b) in relation to which the sewer is underground and close to the boundary of an allotment.