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(1) When the work is completed to the boundary of the premises application shall be made to the water authority on Form 1 for a connexion to the waterworks. A final inspection will then be made by the water authority and if the inside service is in order the portion on Crown land and the connexion to the main will be laid and the meter fixed by the water authority at the cost of the con- summer: Provided always that the consumer has signed the undertaking on Form F to pay quarterly the amount due for chargeable water and annually in advance the amount due for meter rent.
(j) The stop cock or sluice valve on the connexion to the main shall be fixed as close to the main as possible. The connexion to the main shall be mamtained by the water authority and the inside service shall be maintained by the consumer,
(k) All pipes and fittings shall conform to the standards laid down in the regulations, aud any materials found on the work which do not conform to these standards shall be removed forthwith by the licenced plumber on the request of the water authority. It the licensed plumber desires to use any fittings for when no standards are laid down in the regulations such fittings shall first be approved by the water authority.
(1) All labour and materials supplied by the water authority at the request of a consumer on Form I shall be charged for at actual cost plus such supervision charge as may be fixed from time to time and set forth in Appendix 1. The water authority shall, after the completion of the work, present an account for the cost of the work to the consumer on Form A.
(n) The water authority will not be responsible for any damage to and will not undertake to restore any ornamental floors, walls or decorations which may be disturbed in carrying out work on an inside
service.
(n) The water authority notwithstanding that his requirements have been complied with as regards inside services does not hold himself liable for any damage that may arise in premises by bursting or overflowing, nor will the water authority by any permission or act extend his responsibility beyond the connexion to the main.
(0) No inside service constructed for the reception or conveyance of water supplied from the waterworks shall be used for the reception or conveyance of any other water than that supplied from the water- works nor connected in any way to a service used to convey water not supplied from the waterworks.
(p) The water authority shall have the right to refuse to connect to the waterworks any now inside service or to disconnect from the waterworks any existing inside service which does not conform in any way to the requirements of the regulations. Notice that an existing inside service is to be so disconnected from the waterworks will be given on Form J.
13. CONSTRUCTION, ALTERATION AND REPAIR OF FIRE SERVICES,
(a) Permission to construct a fire service in premises may be granted by the water authority when in the opinion of the Chief Officer of the Fire Brigade such a service is necessary or expedient to enable water to be drawn from the waterworks for the purpose of combating fire in such premises.
(b) Such permission shall be subject to the conditions laid down in these regulations and in Form M.
(e) The annual fee payable in advance for the retention of a fire service shall be as stated in Appendix I. A proportionate fee shall be paid in advance in respect of any fire service connected during a year and a proportionate refund will be made, on request, in respect of any fire service disconnected during a year and no longer
necessary.
(d) The cost of the fire service including the connexion to the main shall be borne by the permittee who shall be entirely responsible for the maintenance of the fire service.
(c) The water authority shall not be responsible for damage or loss caused by diminution or failure of the supply due to water restriction or to any other cause.
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