other than the waterworks there shall be produced to the Building Authority by the owner of the building a certificate by the water authority to the effect that a supply of water from the waterworks is available or is not available

7. Regulation 4 amends regulation 32 so as to provide that a rain water pipe, situated inside a building, which discharges to a drain comected to a public sewer provided for the carriage of surface water shall be connected to an inspection” chamber situated outside the building as near as may be the foot of the rain water pipe.

(Secretariat BL1/741/52(V)

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE 1955.

(No. 68 of 1955).

BUILDING (ADMINISTRATION) (AMENDMENT)

REGULATIONS 1966.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance 1953, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations—

1. These regulations may be cited as the Building (Administra. Citation tion) (Amendment) Regulations 1966, and shall come into operation and pom- on the 1st day of September. 1966.

mencement.

tion 2.

1. Regulation 2 of the Building (Administration) Regulations Amendment 1959 (hereinafter referred to as the principal regulations) is amended- of regula-

(a) by the deletion of the full stop after the definition "register (GN.A.

of authorized architects" and the substitution therefor of a $2/59). semicolon; and

(b) by the insertion, after the definition "register of authorized

architects". of the following-

(Cap. 102).

"water authority" and "waterworks" have the mean-

ing assigned to them by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Waterworks Ordinance.".

of regula

3. Regulation 3 of the principal regulations is amended by the Amendment deletion of sub-sub-paragraph (iv) of sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph (1) tion 3. and the substitution therefor of the following-

"(iv) the Institution of Municipal Engineers: or".

4. Regulation 6 of the principal regulations is amended, in Amendment paragraph (2)

(a) by the deletion of "there shall be payable, by the authorized architect," and the substitution therefor of the following-

"the Building Authority may charge the authorized architect"; and

(b) by the deletion, in the proviso, of "payable" and the sub-

stitution therefor of the following-

"chargeable".

of regula- tion 6.

5. The principal regulations are amended by the addition, after Addition of regulation 26, of the following new regulation-

"Corticates

26A. (1) On the completion of any new building in as to supply which any water closet fitment, trough water closet, latrine fitment or urinal has been provided in accordance with

of water.

new Regula

tion 26A.

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