Australian Capital Territory Numbered Regulations

CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS (AMENDMENT) (NO. 3 OF 1999) - REG 16

    Regulation 28 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

        (a)     by omitting “in cases of properties belonging to the same owner, or where, in the opinion of the Proper Authority” and substituting “where, in the opinion of the Chief Executive”; and

        (b)     by adding at the end the following subregulations:

“(2)     Where—

        (a)     the drainage system of a house or building (in this subregulation referred to as the ‘first house or building') is combined with the drainage system of a house or building on another parcel of land;

        (b)     the combined drainage system is situated in the other parcel of land;

        (c)     the combined drainage system was installed before 1 March 1999; and

        (d)     significant work has to be carried out on the drainage system of the first house or building;

the person carrying out the work shall—

        (e)     disconnect the existing drainage pipes from the combined drainage system;

        (f)     if no separate drainage system is in place in the parcel of land on which the first house or building is situated—install such a system; and

        (g)     connect the first house or building to the drainage system installed in the parcel of land on which it is situated.

“(3)     In this regulation—

‘significant work' means work where—

        (a)     drains to more than half the fixtures are altered; or

        (b)     the number of fixtures is increased by more than 50 %.”.