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(2) A pipe or fitting which is required to be tested under subregulation (1) shall be delivered to the place specified by the Water Authority and such pipe or fitting shall be tested on payment of the charge prescribed in Part I of Schedule 1.
(3) A pipe or fitting which is tested and approved may be stamped in such manner as the Water Authority thinks fit.
22. Protection of pipes
A pipe made of galvanized wrought iron or steel if laid under the ground shall be installed in such a manner that it does not come into contact with concrete, cement mortar, lime mortar or plaster and shall be protected against such contact by wrapping it with hessian or other suitable material and coating it with bitumen or where such pipe passes through a wall or suspended floor it may be protected against such contact by being carried through a sleeve or by some other suitable means.
23. Booster pumps
(1) Except with the permission in writing of the Water Authority, no person shall install or use a booster pump on a fire service or inside service.
(2) A booster pump shall not pump water direct from a main but from a sump installed at a level at which it can be supplied with water from a main by gravity. (L.N. 252 of 1977)
24. Other water using apparatus
An apparatus using water in respect of which no express provision is made in these regulations or an apparatus for the treatment or filtration of water shall not be installed or used without the permission in writing of the Water Authority and he may require any such apparatus to be supplied with water from a separate storage cistern.
25. Power to relax regulations
(1) The Water Authority may, either generally or in any particular case, relax the provisions of these regulations regarding the size, nature, materials or disposition of any pipe or fitting.
(2) The Water Authority may approve any pipe or fitting which is not of the British Standard.
(3) Where water is-
(a) supplied through a meter;
(b) discharged into a cistern from a point not less than 150 mm above the overflowing level thereof; and (L.N. 252 of 1977)
1989 Ed.]
Waterworks Regulations
[CAP. 102
All
[Subsidiary]
(2) A pipe or fitting which is required to be tested under subregulation (1) shall be delivered to the place specified by the Water Authority and such pipe or fitting shall be tested on payment of the charge prescribed in Part I of Schedule 1.
(3) A pipe or fitting which is tested and approved may be stamped in such manner as the Water Authority thinks fit.
22. Protection of pipes
A pipe made of galvanized wrought iron or steel if laid under the ground shall be installed in such a manner that it does not come into contact with concrete, cement mortar, lime mortar or plaster and shall be protected against such contact by wrapping it with hessian or other suitable material and coating it with bitumen or where such pipe passes through a wall or suspended floor it may be protected against such contact by being carried through a sleeve or by some other suitable means.
23. Booster pumps
(1) Except with the permission in writing of the Water Authority, no person shall install or use a booster pump on a fire service or inside service.
(2) A booster pump shall not pump water direct from a main but from a sump installed at a level at which it can be supplied with water from a main by gravity. (L.N. 252 of 1977)
24. Other water using apparatus
An apparatus using water in respect of which no express provision is made in these regulations or an apparatus for the treatment or filtration of water shall not be installed or used without the permission in writing of the Water Authority and he may require any such apparatus to be supplied with water from a separate storage cistern.
25. Power to relax regulations
(1) The Water Authority may, either generally or in any particular case, relax the provisions of these regulations regarding the size, nature, materials or disposition of any pipe or fitting.
(2) The Water Authority may approve any pipe or fitting which is not of the British Standard.
(3) Where water is-
(a) supplied through a meter;
(b) discharged into a cistern from a point not less than 150 mm above the overflowing level thereof; and (L.N. 252 of 1977)
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