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Building Authority

required to make every connexion of draint and

private sewer Do public

sewer or

nollah od

recovery of cost thereof.

Building

Authority

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PART VIII.

Certain work to be carried out by the Building Authority and recovery of cost thereof.

75. (1) The connexion of every drain or private sewer to a public sewer or nullah shall be made by the Building Authority who may recover the cost thereof as provided in paragraph (3).

(2) The Building Authority shall not make any such connexion until he is satisfied that the drainage work, of which such drain or; private sewer forms part, have been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance and regulations made thereunder.

(3) (a) Where a drain is se connected to a public sewer, the Building Authority may recover the cost of making the con- nexion from the owner of the building for which the drain uj provided,

(6) Where a private sewer is so connected to a public sewer, the

Building Authority-

(1) may, where the buildings for which the private sewer is; provided are owned by the same person, recover the cost of making the connexion from such person; or

(i) shall, where such buildings are owned by differen persons, apportion the cost of making the connexion equally among such persons and may recover from each of such persons bis portion of the cost.

76. (1) Every disconnecting trap, required, by regulation 57, to be provided, shall be fixed, and the manhole in which such trap is fixed shall be constructed, by the Building Authority who may recover the disconnecting cost of such work as provided in paragraph (2).

required to

Ax every

trap, etc. and

recovery of

cost.

(2) (a) Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed. respectively, are provided for a drain, the Building Authority may recover the cost thereof from the owner of the building for which such drain is provided.

(6) Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed, respectively, are provided for a private sewer, the Building Authority-

(i) may, where the buildings for which the private sewer · ម៉ provided are owned by the same person, recover the onst thereof from such person, or

(ii) shall, where such buildings are owned by different persons, apportion the cost thereof equally among such persons and may recover from each of such persons his portion of the cost.

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required to

77. Without prejudice to the provisions of regulations 75 and 76. Bulding where, in order to comply with these regulations, any work has to be Authority carried out on unleased Crown land, the work shall be carried out by carry out any the Building Authority who may recover the cost of the work from the work to ho

carried out person for whom it is carried out,

on ualeased Crown land.

78. Where, in contravention of regulation 75, 76 or 77, any work Powers of has been carried out otherwise than by the Building Authority the Building

Authority Building Authority may demolish, remove or alter such work and may in event of carry out such other work as he considers necessary and may recover contravention the cost of such work, in accordance with the provisions of regula- tion 75, 76 or 77, as the case may be, as if such work had been carried out pursuant to the provisions of such regulation.

PART IX.

Latrines.

of regulations.

79. In the regulations in this Part. “open air" means a space Interpre- which-

(a) is vertically uncovered and unobstructed:

(b) is not less, in any dimension, than five feet; and

(c) where such space is enclosed on four sides, bas a horizontal

area of not less than one square foot for every two feet of the mean height of the walls enclosing the space.

lation.

0. Every latrine, except a latrine fitted with a chemical closet Laurines be fitment, shall be provided with a self closing door to the full height of provided with the opening.

doors.

81. (1) Save as provided in paragraph (2), the door of every latrine Doors to shall open directly into the open air.

(2) Where the latrine fitment in any latrine is a chemical closet filment, the door of the latrine need not open into the open air, but shall not open into any room used or intended to be used for the manufacture, preparation or storage of food for human consumption.

open isto open air, etc.

82. (1) Every latrine shall be provided with an opening for light Lighting and and ventilation.

(2) Every such opening shall-

(a) be such that the part thereof which is permanently open or designed to open, as the case may be, is not less in area than two square feet;

vendation.