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(0) On receiving written notice from a consumer that he desires to have a supply terminated or his liability transferred the water authority shall send to him Form I for signature, and, on receipt of Form I duly signed, the inside service will be disconnected from the waterworks and the meter removed by the water authority at the cost of the consumer. The consumer shall pay all rates, charges and meter rent incurred until he has given notice to the water authority in writing of his wish to have the supply terminated or his liability transferred.

8. NOTIFICATION OF RESTRICTION OR SUSPENSION OF SUPply.

If in the opinion of the water authority it is necessary to restrict or suspend the supply-

under section 7 (a) of the Ordinance, notice will be given in newspapers approved by the water authority;

under section 7 (b) of the Ordinance, notice will be served by hand in Form L on the consumers affected;

under section 7 (c) (d) and (e), no notice will be given.

In all the above cases the water authority shall incur no liability for compensation to consumers or to any person whatsoever on account of restriction or suspension of the supply to any premises or to public standpipes.

9. DISCONNEXION OF THE SUPPLY TO A CONSUMER.

Under section 5 of the Ordinance disconnexion of the supply to any consumer may be effected by severing the inside service or by such other means as the water authority may deem necessary. Notice that the supply is to be disconnected shall be given on Form J.

After the conditions and regulations of the Ordinance have been complied with, a fee as laid down in Appendix I shall be paid by the consumer for the reconnexion of any supply so disconnected.

10. LICENSING OF PLUMBERS.

Every person, except the authorized officers of the water authority, who intends to carry out for a consumer any work in connexion with the construction, alteration or repair of inside services or fire services which are to deliver water supplied from the waterworks must first obtain a licence from the water authority on Form 0.

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Such licence will be granted only to persons (or to firms- employing persons) who hold certificates from any of the following:-

The Royal Sanitary Institute,

The Institute of Plumbers,

The City and Guilds of London,

or to persons (or firms employing persons) who, in the opinion of the water authority, possess other suitable qualifications..

Suor licence: shall be for one year or part of one year in the first instance, and shall be renewable annually on the 1st of January at the discretion of the water authority, and subject to the payment in advance of the fees laid down in Appendix I. The water authority may revoke any licence at any time, without compensation to the holder, in the event of the holder acting in any way contrary to the provisions of these regulations.

11. STANDARDS,

(a) Pipes.

(1) Pipes of cast iron, wrought iron or other approved material as hereinafter specified may be used in any part of an inside service or fire service.

(2) Cast iron pipes shall comply with the requirements of the latest British standard specification for class C cast iron pipes.

(3) Wrought iron pipes shall be of water quality and galvanized, and shall comply with the requirements of the latest British standard specification for such pipes.

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