Water Supply Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Inside Services
24. Disconnection of inside service
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
It shall be lawful for the Authority to disconnect from the waterworks the inside service to any premises, without prejudice to any water rate, meter rent or other sums due or to become due under this Act or any rating Act —
unless the consumer, within 14 days from the date of service of written notice in that behalf (which may be given in the manner provided by section 8(3)), or such extended time as the
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;
Authority may allow, gives an undertaking satisfactory to the
Authority to pay to the Government, quarterly or at such lesser periods as the Authority may in any case determine, the amount due for charges for water and for meter rent in accordance with any regulations made under section 48;
if default is made in the payment of any deposit which the
Authority may require, or of any moneys due under this Act from the consumer, for so long as the default continues;
if the construction, alteration or repair of any inside service by a consumer is not carried out to the satisfaction of the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this Act and the regulations made thereunder, or if such construction, alteration or repair is carried out without the approval of the Authority;
inside service
“inside service” means all pipes and fittings beyond the communication pipe;
if any consumer is found to be wilfully or negligently wasting water supplied from the waterworks through the inside service to his premises;
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.
if any act or thing is done or omitted contrary to the provisions of this Act in relation to any damage, alteration, pollution or abuse of the waterworks, or of any inside service or fire service; or
fire service
“fire service” means any pipes and fittings used for the sole purpose of supplying water to premises to combat fire;
if the premises or any part thereof were erected in contravention of any written law.
premises
“premises” means any structure, building or part of a building, land without buildings, or any pier, sea wall or wharf;
Water Supply
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;
fire service
Defined · s 2“fire service” means any pipes and fittings used for the sole purpose of supplying water to premises to combat fire;
inside service
Defined · s 2“inside service” means all pipes and fittings beyond the communication pipe;
meter
Defined · s 2“meter” means any appliance employed for the purpose of measuring or estimating the amount of water consumed or otherwise;
premises
Defined · s 2“premises” means any structure, building or part of a building, land without buildings, or any pier, sea wall or wharf;
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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