Content Page: Model Building By Laws

  • Disconnexion Of Soil-Water Fittings

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    (1) Where a soil-water fitting is removed, all pipes thereby thrown into disuse shall be removed, or all openings shall be effectively and durably sealed. The owner of the premises upon which such work is carried out, shall, after its completion, notify the local authority thereof writing. (2) Where so required by the local authority,…

  • Execution Of Sewerage And Plumbing Work

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    Where the local authority has made by-laws providing for the examination and licensing or plumbers and drainlayers, no person other a plumber or drainlayer, licensed under such by-laws, shall undertake and plumbing or sewerage work as the case may be other than replacement, rewashering and repacking of taps and ball-valves, cleaning the waste-pipe of a…

  • Application For Connexion

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    Application for approval of plans to undertake any sewerage work in terms of section 5 of Chapter 2, shall where applicable, constitute application for a connexion to a public sewer or a public drain: Provided that where such application relates to trade or industrial premises, special application for permission to discharge any trade effluent into…

  • Premises To Be Sewered

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    (1) Whenever, in the opinion of the local authority, an adequate water-supply is available, every residential, institutional, business and public building shall be provided with a plumbing system and sanitary fittings discharging into- a) a public sewer (if available); or b) if a public sewer is not available, into a septic tank or a conserving-tank…

  • Interpretation Of Terms

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    “anti-siphon pipe” means any pipe provided in conjunction with a trap in the sanitary fitting to prevent unsealing of the trap by siphonage or black-pressure; “business building” means any building occupied for the transaction of business or for the rendering of professional services, and includes any building occupied for the display or sale of goods,…

  • Position And Accessibility Of Soil-Pipes

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    (1) If soil-pipes and soil-ventilation pipes are placed inside a building within ducts, such ducts shall be provided with approved access. (2) No soil-pipe or soil-ventilation shall be placed inside a kitchen, pantry, shop or business premises where food is, or is proposed to be, stored, prepared or sold unless, at the sole discretion of…

  • Access To, And Replacement Of, Cisterns And Tanks In Roof Structures And Enclosed Positions

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    Every cistern or tank situated within a roof structure or in any other enclosed position shall be so installed as to be readily accessible for purposes of maintenance or replacement of such cistern or tank.

  • Access To Pipes And Connexions

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    (1) All means of access to pipes and connexions shall be readily accessible so as to enable the plumbing system to be effectively cleansed. (2) Any part of the plumbing system which might be exposed to possible damage shall be adequately protected.

  • Silt-Traps And Catch-Basins

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    Silt-traps and catch-basins, when installed, shall be designed so as to retain effectively the silt or any other material which may cause clogging of the sewer or drain, and shall be placed so as to be readily accessible for clearing.

  • Location Of Gullies, Grease-Traps And Stable-Traps

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    (1) Subject to the provisions of subsection (3), all gullies, grease-traps and stable-traps shall be located in the open air or, if beneath a roof, in a place permanently exposed to the open air, and shall be at all times readily accessible for the purposes of cleaning or maintenance. (2) Every floor in a factory,…