PART VIIIGENERAL

MISCELLANEOUS

Regulations for preventing contamination, waste, etc., and with respect to water fittings40B F2

1

Without prejudice to Article 40(1) and (2) (regulations as to water and sewerage services), the Department may make regulations—

a

for securing that water in a main or other pipe of the Department is not contaminated, and that its quality and suitability for particular purposes is not prejudiced, by the return of any substance from any premises to that main or pipe;

b

for securing that water which is in any pipe connected with any such main or other pipe or which has been supplied by the Department to any premises is not contaminated, and that its quality and suitability for particular purposes is not prejudiced, before it is used;

c

for securing that water fittings installed and used by persons to whom water is or is to be supplied by the Department are safe and do not cause or contribute to the erroneous measurement of any water or the reverberation of any pipes.

2

Without prejudice to the generality of paragraph (1), regulations under that paragraph may—

a

prohibit the installation, connection or use of the fittings if they have not been approved under the regulations or if they contravene the regulations;

b

require the fittings, for the purposes of provision made by virtue of sub-paragraph (a), to be of such a size, nature, strength or workmanship, to be made of such materials or in such a manner or to conform to such standards as may be prescribed by or approved under the regulations;

c

impose such other requirements as may be prescribed with respect to the installation, arrangement, connection, testing, disconnection, alteration and repair of the fittings and with respect to the materials used in their manufacture, installation or use;

d

make provision enabling the Department to disconnect a service pipe or otherwise cut off the supply of water to premises where the Department has reason for believing—

i

that damage to persons or property is being or is likely to be caused by any damage to, or defect in, any water fittings used in connection with the supply of water to those premises which are not water fittings of the Department;

ii

that water in a main or other pipe of the Department is being or is likely to be contaminated by the return of any substance from those premises to that main or pipe;

iii

that water which is in any pipe connected with any main or other pipe of the Department or which has been supplied by the Department to those premises is being or is likely to be contaminated before it is used; or

iv

that water which has been or is to be so supplied is being or is likely to be wasted or, having regard to the purposes for which it is supplied, misused;

and with respect to the procedure for requiring owners or occupiers to carry out remedial work before a supply of water is restored by the Department, including provision for the Department to undertake such work and recover the costs from such owners or occupiers.

3

In this Article safe has the same meaning as in Part II of the Consumer Protection Act 1987.