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Friday, February 8, 1974

Under the old ordinance, no one could legally be held responsible

for the custody and maintenance of this communal service, but this will

now be rectified by the appointment of an agent who will be the person

responsible for any charges arising in connection with the maintenance

of the common parts of the plumbing service.

He will also be required to inhabit or own the premises or be

responsible for managing all or part of them.

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It should be a straight-forward matter to apply this requirement

to new buildings. But it is expected that the verification of agents to

be approved for existing buildings may take some time.

Secondly, there is the provision whereby the consumer must either

live on the premises or own them or be responsible for managing them.

Under the existing ordinance, anyone who ceased to occupy, own

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or manage premises could remain a consumer and this has led to difficulties

in collecting bills for water consumed, because the consumers could no

longer be traced.

The liability of the consumer or agent will continue until

Le is either replaced by another conswaer or agent or his undertaling ja

cancelled by the Water Authority, even though he may cease to occupy or to

be responsible for the premises,

Thirdly, there is a provision about the mapping of gathering grounds

which modifies similar provisions in the old ordinance, so that there will

be no limitation on the Crown's right to dispose of mapped land,

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