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Explanatory Note.

(This Note ja ant part of the regulations, but is intended

to indicate their general purport).

The amendments of the Mining (General) Regulations, 1954, con-

Lained in regulation 2 are consequential on the amendment of the Mining

Ordinance, 1954.

毖 Regulation 3 corrects a typographical error.

(Secretariat 12/3231/53)

WATERWORKS ORDINANCE. (Chapter 102).

WATERWORKS (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1955.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 29 of the Waterworks Ordinance, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations-

1. These regulations may be cited as the Waterworks - Citation. (Amendment) Regulations, 1955-

2. Regulation 10 of the Waterworks Regulations (herein- Amend- after referred to as the principal regulations) is amended by- regulation

(a) the addition after paragraph (3) of the following new

paragraph-

"GA) Steel pipes up to 6o in diameter shall be galvanized and shall comply with the requirements of British standard specification 1387 for Class B steel tubes and tubulars or any alterations or amendments thereto or any new specification which may from time to time be published to supersede it.":

(b) the deletion of paragraph (4) and the substitution there-

for of the following-

(4) Pipes and fittings of copper and other material shall comply with the requirements of the latest British standard specifications for such pipes and fittings.".

ment of

10. (Vol. IX. p. 158).

3. Regulation 11 of the principal regulations is amended by Amend- the deletion of paragraph (7) and the substitution therefor of the ment of

regulation following-

11.

"(7) Except with the written permission of the water authority, which may be withdrawn at his discretion because of the insufficiency of the available supply of water from the waterworks—

(a) draw off points connected to an inside service shall

not remain installed or be installed in any

(1) garden;

(ii) lawn;