No. 16 of 1903.
WATERWORKS.
Expenses by whom borne.
Services may be constructed by Water Authority.
Stop-cocks and connections to be the property of the Government.
Meters.
Water supplied only by meter.
13. The expenses of constructing, altering, or readjusting all services shall be borne by the owner of the tenement to which such services are laid.
14. The Water Authority may, in his discretion, construct, alter, or repair any service at the request of the owner or occupier, and on completion thereof the person so requesting shall pay the cost and expenses thereof at such time and place as may be prescribed by regulations.
15. In the case of any existing service or of any service that may hereafter be constructed, the stop-cock and length of piping between such stop-cock and the main shall be the property of the Government.
16. Water supplied to any tenement through any service which is not connected with a rider-main shall be measured by meter. Such meter shall be kept in repair by the Water Authority.*
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
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Expenses by whom borne.
Services may be construct-
No. 16 of 1903.
WATERWORKS.
materials and fittings shall be in accordance with regulations, and on the completion thereof to the satisfaction of the Water Authority it shall be connected by the Water Authority to the waterworks subject to payment of the fee specified for such connection in the regulations, and in the case of any tenement situate outside a rider-main district, or in the case of any tenement situate within a rider-main district in respect of which the sanction of the Governor-in-Council for a connection with any principal main has been obtained, subject to the owner giving the undertaking required by section 5.
Provided always that,--
(1) in the case of a tenement situate within a rider-main district the service to any tenement shall be connected with a rider-main unless the sanction of the Governor-in-Council for a connection with any principal main shall have been obtained; or
(2) in the case of a tenement situate outside the City of Victoria or situate in Kowloon or the New Territories, save and except when so directed by the Governor-in-Council, the Water Authority shall be under no obligation to connect the service with the waterworks where in the opinion of the Water Authority there is an adequate provision of public fountains.
13. The expenses of constructing, altering, or readjusting all services shall be borne by the owner of the tenement to which such services are laid.
14. The Water Authority may, in his discretion, construct, alter, ed by Water and repair any service at the request of the owner or occupier, and
Authority.
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Stop-cocks and connec-
tions to be
on completion thereof the person so requesting shall pay the cost and expenses thereof at such time and place as may be prescribed by regulations.
15. In the case of any existing service or of any service that may hereafter be constructed, the stop-cock and length of piping between such stop-cock and the main shall be the property of the Govern- of the Government. ment.
the property
Meters.
Water supplied only by meter.
16. Water supplied to any tenement through any service which is not connected with a rider-main shall be measured by meter. Such meter shall be kept in repair by the Water Authority.
* As amended by No. 12 of 1912.
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