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HEALTH (TREATMENT OF SEWAGE AND DISPOSAL OF EFFLUENT AND LIQUID WASTE) REGULATIONS 1974 - REG 4A

4A .         Approval of construction or installation of apparatus by Chief Health Officer

        (1)         In this regulation —

        local government report , in relation to an application for an approval under this regulation, means a report of the relevant local government setting out recommendations as to —

            (a)         whether or not the approval should be granted; and

            (b)         if an approval is recommended, the conditions, if any, to which the approval should be subject.

        (2)         For the purposes of section 107(2)(b) of the Act, an apparatus is to be approved by the Chief Health Officer if it is intended to serve a building that —

            (a)         is not a single dwelling; and

            (b)         produces more than 540 litres of sewage per day.

        (3)         A person may apply for an approval under this regulation by —

            (a)         completing an application in a form approved by the Chief Health Officer; and

            (b)         forwarding the application to the Chief Health Officer together with —

                  (i)         any documents required under regulation 5; and

                  (ii)         the relevant fee specified in item 2 of Schedule 1; and

                  (iii)         except where subregulation (4) applies, a local government report in relation to the application.

        (4)         Where —

            (a)         a person makes a request to the relevant local government for it to provide a local government report in relation to an application for an approval under this regulation; and

            (b)         the local government does not provide the report to the person within 28 days of the request,

                the person may make an application under subregulation (3) without forwarding to the Chief Health Officer a local government report.

        (5)         Upon an application under subregulation (3), the Chief Health Officer shall, as soon as practicable after receiving the application and after considering any local government report —

            (a)         subject to these regulations, grant the approval —

                  (i)         in a form approved by the Chief Health Officer; and

                  (ii)         subject to such conditions as the Chief Health Officer thinks fit;

                or

            (b)         refuse to grant the approval.

        (5a)         Any conditions imposed on the grant of an approval that relate to drainage plumbing work must not be inconsistent with the plumbing standards.

        (6)         The Chief Health Officer may grant an approval under this regulation only if, under the application, the apparatus is to be constructed and installed in accordance with these regulations.

        (7)         Where the Chief Health Officer refuses to grant an approval under this regulation, the Chief Health Officer shall, as soon as practicable, provide to the person applying for the approval a written notice —

            (a)         advising the person of the refusal; and

            (b)         setting out the reasons for the refusal.

        [Regulation 4A inserted: Gazette 29 Jul 1997 p. 4068‑9; amended: Gazette 28 Jun 2004 p. 2394; 10 Jan 2017 p. 287‑9.]



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