Water Supply Act · 2023 Revised Edition · Part · Offences and Penalties
38. Authority employee may demand names and addresses in certain cases
Official textFrom Attorney General's Chambers, unchanged
Any person who is charged by any employee of the Authority or any police officer with any offence under this Act or any regulations made thereunder shall give his name and address to such employee or officer if so required.
The occupier of any premises shall, if required by any employee of the Authority or any police officer, give his name and the name and address of the owner of the premises, if known.
occupier
“occupier” means the person in occupation of the premises in respect of which the word is used or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
Any person who offends under this section or wilfully misstates his name and address or the name and address of the owner of any premises is guilty of an offence and liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000.
owner
“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the premises in connection with which the word is used whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver or who would receive the rent if such premises were let to a tenant;
Entry into waterworks without consent etc. [S 47/2014]
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.
Terms defined in s 2
occupier
Defined · s 2“occupier” means the person in occupation of the premises in respect of which the word is used or having the charge, management or control thereof either on his own account or as agent of another person, but does not include a lodger;
owner
Defined · s 2“owner” means the person for the time being receiving the rent of the premises in connection with which the word is used whether on his own account or as agent or trustee for any other person or as receiver or who would receive the rent if such premises were let to a tenant;
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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