Water Supply Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Inside Services
19. Construction and connection of inside services
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any consumer may arrange with the Authority or a licensed plumber to construct an inside service in any premises for the supply of water from the waterworks.
consumer
“consumer” means any person or persons or corporate body supplied or applying to be supplied with or using water from the waterworks or who is or are liable for the payment of rates in relation to the supply of water or moneys due or to become due under this Act. A “consumer” may be an owner or an occupier;
Every inside service shall be constructed, and the nature, size and quality of the materials and fittings used therewith shall be in accordance with regulations made under section 48.
inside service
“inside service” means all pipes and fittings beyond the communication pipe;
When the construction of an inside service has been completed to the satisfaction of the Authority, it shall be connected by the Authority to the waterworks, subject to —
payment of the charges for such connection as are prescribed by regulations made under section 48; and
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the consumer giving the undertaking required by section 24.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section, the Authority shall not, unless otherwise directed by His Majesty the Sultan and Yang
Di-Pertuan in Council, be under any obligation to connect with the waterworks the inside services of any premises which are —
waterworks
“waterworks” means all catchment areas, reservoirs, dams, weirs, tanks, cisterns, tunnels, filter beds, conduits, aqueducts, mains, pipes, meters, fountains, standpipes, sluices, valves, hydrants, pumps, prime movers and all other works, or apparatus used or constructed for the collection, storage, conveyance, supply, measurement or regulation of water and which have been constructed by or on behalf of the Government and belong to or are under the control or management of the Authority or which are used or constructed by the Authority.
more than 50 yards from a main; or
at an altitude higher than that to which water from the waterworks can be supplied by gravitation.
Nothing in this section is deemed to restrict the drawing of water by any person from any public standpipe in any district where public standpipes are provided.
public standpipe
“public standpipe” means any fountain, standpipe, valve, tap or appliance provided and maintained by the Authority for the purpose of supplying water to the public;
Terms defined in s 2
consumer
Defined · s 2“consumer” means any person or persons or corporate body supplied or applying to be supplied with or using water from the waterworks or who is or are liable for the payment of rates in relation to the supply of water or moneys due or to become due under this Act. A “consumer” may be an owner or an occupier;
inside service
Defined · s 2“inside service” means all pipes and fittings beyond the communication pipe;
licensed plumber
Defined · s 2“licensed plumber” means any person or persons or corporate body licensed by the Authority to construct, alter or repair inside services or fire services connected with or to be connected with the waterworks;
main
Defined · s 2“main” means any pipe owned and maintained by the Authority, including any connection to the main;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means any structure, building or part of a building, land without buildings, or any pier, sea wall or wharf;
public standpipe
Defined · s 2“public standpipe” means any fountain, standpipe, valve, tap or appliance provided and maintained by the Authority for the purpose of supplying water to the public;
waterworks
Defined · s 2“waterworks” means all catchment areas, reservoirs, dams, weirs, tanks, cisterns, tunnels, filter beds, conduits, aqueducts, mains, pipes, meters, fountains, standpipes, sluices, valves, hydrants, pumps, prime movers and all other works, or apparatus used or constructed for the collection, storage, conveyance, supply, measurement or regulation of water and which have been constructed by or on behalf of the Government and belong to or are under the control or management of the Authority or which are used or constructed by the Authority.
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