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Duties of the Water Authority.
Delegation
(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to leased land within a gathering ground.
4.
(1) The duties of the Water Authority shall be
(a) to supply water from the waterworks in accordance with
this Ordinance;
(8) to acquire and conserve water;
(c) to supervise and regulate consumption;
(d) to ensure the proper administration and management of the waterworks, and to make due provision for the security thereof;
(e) to require payment of any charge and take such steps as
may be necessary to enforce such payment; and
(f) generally to administer the provisions of this Ordinance.
(2) The Water Authority may do all things necessary or con- venient to be done for and in connexion with or incidental to the due discharge of his duties under this Ordinance and in particular may construct, install, inspect, test, regulate, alter, repair or remove any part of the waterworks in, under or over any street or land held by the Crown.
5. (1) The Water Authority may, either generally or in any by the Water particular case, delegate any public officer to exercise or perform Authority.
on his behalf any of the powers conferred or duties imposed upon him under this Ordinance.
Power of Govemor to give directions.
(2) Where any power conferred or duty imposed upon the Water Authority is exercised or performed by a public officer, the Water Authority shall, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to have delegated the public officer under subsection (1) to exercise the power or perform the duty.
6. (1) The Governor may give to the Water Authority and to any public officer, other than a judge, a district judge or a magistrate, such directions as he thinks fit with respect to the exercise or performance of their respective powers or duties under this Ordinance, either generally or in any particular case,
(2) A person to whom a direction is given by the Governor under subsection (1) shall, in the exercise or performance of his powers or duties under this Ordinance, comply with that direction,
Consutler
7. (1) The Water Authority may approve, as the consumer Approval of of a fire service or inside service in any premises, any person and agent. who——
(a)
occupies the premises; or
(b)
is responsible for the management of the premises or any part thereof; and
(c) gives an undertaking, in such form as the Water
Authority may specify,-
(1) to pay any charge duc in respect of the fire service or inside service; and
(ii) to accept responsibility for the custody of the fire service or inside service and any meter pertaining to the fire service or inside service.
(2) The Water Authority may approve, as the agent of a communal service in any premises, any person who-
(a) occupies the premises; or
(b) is responsible for the management of the premises or
any part thereof; and
(c) gives an undertaking, in such form as the Water Authority
may specify.-
(1) to pay any charge due in respect of the communal service; and
(i) to accept responsibility for the custody of the communal service.
(3) A consumer or agent may at any time apply to the Water Authority for cancellation of an undertaking given by him under this section and the Water Authority shall, if all charges due from the consumer or agent have been paid, cancel the undertaking whereupon he shall cease to be the consumer or agent,
8. (1) The Water Authority may refuse to connect or Refusal of a reconnect a fire service or inside service to the main if
(a) the fire service or inside service, or any alteration thereto,
is not approved by the Water Authority; or
connexion or reconne-
tion.