Cap. 28.)
2
"communal service" means that part of a fire service or inside service which is used in common by more than one consumer in the same premises;
"connexion to the main" means the pipe between the main and the control valve which is nearest to the main and which regulates the flow of a supply from the main into a fire service or inside service, such control valve and all fittings between such control valve and the main;
"consumer" means a person who is approved under section 7 as
a consumer of a fire service or inside service: "consumption" means the supply obtained: "deposit" means a deposit under section 19:
"domestic purpose” means a purpose connected solely with the occupation of a dwelling-house and does not include a pur- pose connected with a garden, lawn, playground or swimming pool appurtenant to a dwelling-house;
"fire service" means the pipes and fittings in premises, and any pipes and fittings between the premises and a connexion to the main, which are used or are intended to be used for a supply solely for the purposes of fire fighting,
"fitting" means----
(a) any apparatus, cistern, cock, equipment, machinery,
material, tank, tap and valve; and
(b) any appliance or device other than a meter,
which is installed or used in a fire service or inside service: "gathering ground" means any surface of land-
(a) in or by which rain or other water is collected and from which water is, or is intended to be, drawn for the pur- poses of a supply; and
(b) which is mapped as a gathering ground under section 23; "inside service" means the pipes and fittings in premises, and any
pipes and fittings between the premises and a connexion to the main, (other than the pipes and fittings forming part of a fire service) which are used or are intended to be used for the purposes of a supply;
"land held by the Crown" means land which is not-
(2) leased land; or
(b) occupied under-
(i) a licence issued under section 5 of the Crown Land Ordinance;
3
(ii) a licence or permit granted or issued under any other Ordinance; or
(iii) a deed or memorandum of appropriation:
"leased land" means land which is—
(a) held under a Crown lease; or
(b) vested in a person by an Ordinance;
"licensed plumber" means a person licensed under this Ordinance to construct, install, maintain, alter, repair or remove fire services or inside services, and a person deemed under this Ordinance to be a licensed plumber:
"main" includes a connexion to the main and any pipe owned by the Government and maintained by the Water Authority for the purposes of a supply:
"meter" means an appliance or device owned by the Government and maintained by the Water Authority for the purpose of measuring consumption;
"premises" means any building or structure or any part thereof
and any place—
(a) in which there is a fire service. inside service or any part
of the waterworks; or
(b) in which a fire service or inside service is intended to be
constructed or installed;
"public standpipe" means a standpipe owned by the Government and established by the Water Authority under section 13: "supply" means a supply of water provided by the Water Au-
thority from the waterworks;
"Water Authority" means the Director of Public Works; "waterworks" means any property occupied, used or maintained by the Water Authority for the purposes of this Ordinance and any gathering ground.
PART II
DUTIES AND POWERS OF WATER AUTHORITY
3. (1) Subject to subsection (2), the Water Authority shall Control of have the custody and control of the waterworks and of all water waterworks. therein.