Content Page: Model Building By Laws

  • Provision And Position Of Stop-Cock

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    The consumer shall provide and install a stop-cock at a point determined by the local authority on the service-pipe inside the boundary of the consumer’s premises.

  • Pressure

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    Where application is made for a supply of water for premises situated at a level above that which can be efficiently serviced by the normal pressure in a local authority main, or where a supply is required for such premises, the applicant or consumer shall accept the supply from the local authority at such pressure…

  • Application For Supply

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    An application for the supply of water shall be made to the local authority on the form provided by the local authority for the purpose, and the applicant shall state for what purpose the water is required, and shall sign the form of application indicating acceptance of the conditions of supply as set out thereon.

  • Joints

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    No joints except standard screwed joints, wiped plumbing or other joints approved by the local authority shall be used on any service-pipe.

  • Taps And Flushing-Valves

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    (1) No person shall install, or cause or permit to be installed, on any service, any tap or flushing valve unless such tap complies with the requirements of S.A.B.S. 226, Water taps or such flushing-valve has been tested and has been approved by the local authority. (2) Where such flushing-valves are used on supply-pipes connected…

  • Storage Tanks, Cisterns And Cylinders

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    (1) Steel cisterns and covers, storage tanks and cylinders used in any service shall comply with the requirements of B.S. 417, Galvanised mild steel cisterns and covers, tanks and cylinders. (2) Copper cylinders used in any service shall comply with the requirements of B.S. 699, Copper cylinders for domestic purposes.

  • Pipes

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    (1) Service-pipes and circulating or supply-pipes for hot water shall be made of lead, galvanized steel or copper: Provided that – i) Piping of other materials may be used with the prior written permission of the local authority; and ii) Service-pipes for cold water and not used in any position which, in the opinion of…

  • Replacement Of Existing Service

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    A consumer shall not be required under these by-laws to Alter or renew any pipe, fitting, apparatus or other component forming part of the water-service and lawfully existing and in lawful use on ay premises immediately before the date of these by-laws becoming applicable to such premises, or to construct or provide any addition thereto,…

  • Installation And Alteration Of Service

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    (1) Where the local authority has made by-laws providing for the examination and licensing of plumbers, no person other than a plumber licensed under such by-laws shall undertake any plumbing work other than the replacement, rewashering and repacking of taps and ball-valves or the cleaning of the waste-pipe of a sanitary fitting. (2) No person…

  • Pipes Across Streets

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    (1) No person shall, without the written permission of the local authority first had and obtained, and except under such conditions as the local authority may be prescribe, lay, fix, alter, construct, or cause to be laid, fixed, altered or constructed, any pipe, channel or other conduit on, in or under any street, public place…