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Custody and administra- tion of
waterworks.
Appointment of officers.
Power to disconnect an
Waterworks.
Administration of waterworks.
3. The water authority shall have the custody and administration of the waterworks and of the water therein and the management of the supply or distribution of such water, subject to the general authority of the Governor in Council.
4. The Governor shall appoint suitable officers to carry out the provisions of this Ordinance, who shall be under the control of the water authority, subject to the general authority of the Governor.
Powers of the water authority.
5. It shall be lawful for the water 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 Ordinance or the Rating Ordinance (Cap.116).
2 of 1940, s. 2.
(a) unless the consumer, within fourteen days from the date of service of written notice in that behalf or such extended time as the water authority may allow, gives an undertaking satisfactory to the water authority to pay to the Accountant General, quarterly or at such lesser periods as the water authority may in any case determine, the amount due for charges for water and for meter rent in accordance with regulations;
(b) if default is made in the payment of any deposit which the water authority may require or of any moneys due under this Ordinance from the consumer, for so long as the default continues;
(c) if the construction, alteration or repair of any inside service by a consumer is not carried out to the satisfaction of the water authority in accordance with the provisions of this Ordinance or regulations; or if the construction, alteration or repair of any inside service is carried out without the approval of the water authority;
(d) if any consumer is found to be wilfully or negligently wasting water supplied from the waterworks through the inside service to his premises; or
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