1965-HKRS30-8-56_Part03 — Page 5

11

BUILDINGS ORDINANCE 1955.

(No. 68 of 1955)

BUILDING (STANDARDS OF SANITARY FITMENTS, PLUMBING, DRAINAGE WORKS AND LATRINES) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS 1966.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 26 of the Buildings Ordinance 1955, the Governor in Council has made the following regulations—

TODHENBEKOVERt.

1. These regulations may be cited as the Building (Standards of Citation Sanitary Fitments, Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) (Amend- and com ment) Regulations 1966, and shall come into operation on the 1st day of September. 1966.

2. Regulation 2 of the Building (Standards of Sanitary Fitments. Amendment

of regula- Plumbing, Drainage Works and Latrines) Regulations 1959 (herein- tion 2. after referred to as the principal regulations) is amended-

(GNA. 16/59).

(a) by the deletion of the full stop after the definition "waste

pipe" and the substitution therefor of a semicolon; and

(b) by the insertion, after the definition "waste pipe", of the

following-

"water authority" and "waterworks" have the meaning assigned to them by subsection (1) of (Cap. 102). section 2 of the Waterworks Ordinance.".

3. The principal regulations are amended by the addition, after Addition of regulation 10, of the following new regulation-

"Supply of

water,

10A. (1) Where under these regulations there is required to be provided in any building any water closet fitment, trough water closet, latrine fitment or urinal, there shall be a permanent connexion to such building of a supply of water which is satisfactory and sufficient in all respects for the purpose of flushing every such water closet fitment, trough water closet, latrine fitment or urinal and for all other purposes for which such supply is to be used.

(2) Where under these regulations there is required to be provided in any building any waste fitment or shower, there shall be a permanent connexion to such building of a supply of water which is satisfactory and

dew Regula tion 10A.