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THE HONGKONG GOVERNMENT GAZETTE, 14TH JUNE, 1890.
Penalty for
neglect.
Expenses. By whom berne.
Services Da
be constructed by Water Authority. Corte thinroof,
Supplies may
be measured by meter.
Meter Reut.
Limit of
water supply by nutter.
Екофия ива.
Water Recount. Application thereof. Reserve Fund,
&c.
Payment of Water rate.
Payment of Meter rent.
Payments for
excess use to be final.
Special provi sions as to non-rateablo Lenements, te.
No. 15 of 1998)
or to the public distribution of water. If the said owner or occupier fail to alter repair or renew the service as here- inbefore directed within thirty days after the receipt of such notice it shall be lawful for the Water Authority to cause the defective service to be disconnected from the water- works and it shall not be reconnected until the service is renewed, altered or repaired to the satisfaction of the Water Authority.
14. The expenses of constructing, altering or re-adjusting all services shall be borne by the owner of the tenement, to which such services are laid.
15. The Water Authority may in its discretion construct alter and repair any services at the request of the owner or occupier and on completion thereof the person so requesting shall pay the cost thereof at such time and place and in such mode as may be prescribed by any Regulations made under this Ordinance shall pay the expenses thereof.
16. The Water Authority may direct that the supply of water taken or used by or through any service shall be measured or regulated by means of a meter or otherwise as may be provided by any regulations made hereunder,
17. Whenever the water supplied to a tenement is mea- sured or regulated by a meter, the occupier of such tenement shall pay an annual reut for the use of the meter so fixed, but such rent shall not exceed twenty per centum on the cost of the meter and of all fittings necessary therefor, and such rent shall cover the cost of maintaining, repairing and renewing the meter which shall remain the property of the Water Authority.
18. The occupier of any tenement, where water is sup- plied from the waterworks by means of services, shall be entitled, free of further charge, to an amount of water in cach quarter for domestic supply equivalent in value to three per cent. rate on the valuation of the tenement. Such value to be ascertained according to regulations to be made hereunder and not to exceed fifteen cents per thousand gallons.
19. If the amount of water used in any quarter as as- certained by the meter shall exceed the amount fixed as aforesaid, such excess amount shall be paid for at a price not exceeding fifty cents per thousand gallons.
20. The water rate and all moneys received under an- thority of this Ordinance shall be carried to the credit of an account called the Water account and shall be disposed of to defray all or any of the expenses of or in connection with or for the maintenance and repair of the waterworks or for the future extension thereof or in or towards the payment of all or any sums of money expended and remaining unpaid or to be expended in respect thereof or in the payment of any existing or future loan or any portion thereof or the interest accruing thereon or for the formation of a Reserve fund for the purpose of meeting the cost of extensions of the waterworks, or with the consent of the Governor in Legislative Council to purposes connected with sanitation.
All sums so disposed of shall be debited to the Water account, and a Balance sheet of the Water account shall be laid before the Legislative Council and published annually in the Gazette.
21. The water rate shall be paid quarterly in advance to the Colonial Treasurer by the owner of the tenement on account of which it is due, in the manner and under the conditions laid down for the collection of the general rates under the Rating Ordinance in force for the time being.
22. Meter rent and charges for water consumed, in ex- cess of the quantity allowed under section 19 of this Ordi- nance shall be paid quarterly to the Colonial Treasurer by the occupier of the tenemont, on account of which such rent and charges become due under sections 17 and 19 of this Ordinance.
23. All payments for excess amounts of water shall be final and no person shall be entitled to set off an excess amount of water used in one quarter against a less amount used in any other quarter.
24. Subject to any regulations that may be made herenntler, where any tenement is exempted from the pay- ment of general rates under the provisions of the Rating Ordinance in force for the time being or where any water is required for non-domestic supply, it shall be lawful for
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