59Stoppage of supply of water where payment of rates or charges in arrear

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

If any 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 twenty-four hours' notice, stop the supply of water to the tenement in respect of which the rate or charge is payable by cutting off the pipes to the tenement, or by such other means as they may think fit, and the expense of cutting off the water may be recovered in the same manner as that in which the water rate or charge is recoverable.