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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 31

Special Order made by the Eden Terrace Road Board, County of Eden, making By-laws.

Colonial Secretary's Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1902.

THE following special order, made by the Eden Terrace Road Board, is published in accordance with the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882.”

JAMES McGOWAN,
For Colonial Secretary.

EDEN TERRACE ROAD DISTRICT.

Sanitary and other By-laws.

BY-LAW of the body corporate called “The Inhabitants of the Eden Terrace Road District,” made on the 8th day of April, 1902, in pursuance of the powers and under the provisions of “The Road Boards Act, 1882,” and its amendments, “The Public Health Act, 1900,” and all other Acts empowering the said body corporate in that behalf, and sealed with the common seal of the said body corporate on the 8th day of April, 1902, and to apply to the whole district:—

In pursuance of the powers contained in the said Acts the Eden Terrace Road Board ordain as follows—that is to say:—

1. In this by-law,—
   “Board” means the Eden Terrace Road Board:
   “Occupier” includes the person for the time being in charge of any property:
   “Property” means and includes lands and buildings:
   “Sewer” means every sewer or drain vested in the Board, or under the control of or maintained by the Board:
   “Drain” means every drain or sewer neither vested in the Board nor maintained by the Board:
   “Inspector” means the person or persons for the time holding the office of Inspector or Inspectors of Nuisances under the Eden Terrace Road Board.

2. All property within the district shall be provided with suitable and sufficient drains to carry away the whole of the sewage and household waste water to a sewer, and it shall be the duty of every owner or occupier of property, and of every person on behalf of whom any building shall be erected, added to, altered, or repaired, to cause the provisions of this by-law to be complied with.

3. It shall be the duty of every person on whose behalf any earth closet, urinal, bath, sink, lavatory, or other sanitary convenience or appliance shall be established, erected, or set up to cause all the provisions of this by-law in any way affecting the same to be complied with both as regards the establishing, erecting, and setting-up thereof, and the providing, constructing, laying, erecting, setting-up, or affixing every drain, trap, article, or thing appertaining, or which should appertain, thereto; and in default thereof such person shall be deemed guilty of an offence, notwithstanding that some licensed drain-connector, or licensed plumber, or other person may also be liable to a penalty in respect to the same matter.

4. The owner or occupier of any property desiring to have the same connected with a sewer shall make application at the Clerk’s office in Form A in the Schedule hereto, and pay a fee of 2s. 6d. in advance towards cost of inspection, &c., this fee to be paid for each dwelling or property to be drained.

5. On receipt of such application, and payment of the permit fee, the Inspector shall visit and inspect the applicant’s property, and point out the position and line in which the connection shall be made.

6. The Board only may make or give permission to make connections with sewers and lay drainpipes beneath public streets and footpaths. In the event of it being necessary to construct any portion of a drain on the property of some person other than the owner of the property to be drained, the Board only may undertake the construction of such portion.

7. As soon as possible after the receipt of an application the Board will, where practicable, at its own cost lay down a drainpipe from the main sewer to within 100 ft. of the applicant’s nearest boundary.

8. The expense of keeping in repair the drainpipes mentioned in section 6 may be borne by the Board; but if any of such pipes shall be choked by the placing or allowing to remain therein of any substance other than ordinary sewage, the owner or occupier of the property drained by such pipes shall defray the cost incurred by the Board of clearing the pipe so choked. Where two or more properties are drained by one pipe, the Board shall determine by whom and in what proportion the cost of removing such obstruction shall be paid.

9. In no case shall two or more premises be allowed to be drained by one common pipe unless a special permit has first been obtained from the Board.

10. All drainpipes, traps, and other fittings provided by the Board, and all drainpipes beneath public streets and footpaths, shall be the property of the Board.

11. No person shall connect any drain, pipe, urinal, trap, cesspool, or other fitting with any drainpipe communicating, or intended to communicate, with any sewer unless he shall have previously obtained a permit from the Board.

12. No person shall remove or make any alteration in any drainpipe, urinal, trap, or other fitting communicating with any sewer unless he shall have previously given the Clerk three days’ notice in writing of his intention to do so. Such notice to be given on Form B in Schedule hereto.

13. No person shall do any plumbing-work in connection with the drainage of any property unless he shall have been licensed by the Board as an “authorised plumber,” and shall have engaged to conform to and comply with these regulations.

14. No person shall lay any drains, or remove or alter or make any connection with the drains of any property, unless he shall have been licensed by the Board as an “authorised drain layer and connector,” shall have obtained the necessary permit, and shall have engaged to conform to and comply with these regulations.

15. The Clerk shall keep a register of all licenses of drain-connectors and plumbers issued under this by-law, and any such license may be revoked by the Board.

The licensed plumbers or drain-connectors employed on any work shall carry their licenses with them, and shall produce the same when required to do so by the person for whom the work is being performed, or by the Inspector.

In the event of any license being defaced, lost, or destroyed, a fresh license may be obtained from the Clerk on payment to him of a fee of one shilling.

All work undertaken by licensed drain-connectors or licensed plumbers under or in connection with this by-law shall be done by them personally, or by some other licensed drain-connector or plumber; but the licensed drain-connector or plumber undertaking the work shall at all times be liable to make good any defects which may arise through the carelessness or incompetence of the person actually performing the work.

Any person making use of a license which does not belong to him, or allowing his license to be used by any one else, shall be guilty of an offence, and in addition the license thus improperly used may be cancelled by the Board.

16. It shall not be lawful for any person other than a licensed drain-connector duly licensed under this by-law to execute any of the work hereinafter specified:—
    (a.) To lay any private drain.
    (b.) To alter, reconstruct, extend, repair, open up, or remove any private drain.
    (c.) To connect any private drain with another private drain or sewer.
    (d.) To disconnect any private drain from another private drain or sewer.
    (e.) To affix, repair, or remove any disconnecting trap or gully trap or other trap in connection with a private drain.

17. It shall not be lawful for any person other than a licensed plumber, duly licensed under this by-law, to execute any of the works hereinafter specified:—
    (a.) Any work in connection with the laying-on of the water to and the trapping and ventilating of the traps of urinals.
    (b.) The affixing, repairing, or removing of lead and other safes under baths, sinks, and other conveniences.
    (c.) The affixing, repairing, or removal of overflow or waste pipes connected with baths, sinks, and sanitary conveniences or appliances of any description.
    (d.) The affixing, setting-up, repairing, or removal of the ventilation-shafts required under this by-law, and the caps or cowls thereof, and the connection of the said shafts with their disconnection from drains.
    (e.) Any plumbing-work in connection with any sanitary convenience or appliance required to be provided, affixed, or set up by virtue of this part of the by-law.

18. Any and all work connected in any way with the drainage of any premises shall be executed in every respect in accordance with this by-law. All such work shall be inspected by the Inspector, and every facility shall be offered for such inspection. No underground or enclosed work shall on any account be covered up or concealed from view until the same has been duly inspected and passed by the Inspector.

The owner or his authorised agent must give notice in writing to the Clerk when any work is ready for inspection, and such inspection shall be commenced within forty-eight hours of such notification being received at the office of the Board, except when the notice is given on Friday or Satur-