DEC. 8.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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water shall not be charged for, provided it is used exclusively
for the purpose of extinguishing fires on the premises.
14. Payments.—Fixed charges shall be paid half-yearly
in advance. Metered accounts shall, subject to the proviso
on the expiry of the first quarter of the half-year for which
charges are made, be paid monthly, at the office of the Department.
15. Vacant Buildings.—In every case where a dwelling,
shop, warehouse, or other premises become vacant, and so remain
not less than six months in any year (whether continuously or
not), the full annual charge for that year for water as herein
thereto given to the Department notices in writing within
fourteen days after the premises are first vacant, and not
thereafter become reoccupied, then, and in such cases only,
in which it may become reoccupied, then, and in such cases only,
the building, &c., shall have the water cut off by the Council,
wise be payable for the year's water charges in respect of the
and the occupier or owner thereof shall not, in such event, other
premises during all such time as such shall have paid in excess
whole year.
of the proper charge.
16. Water Charges.—In this by-law the water charges
shall be rendered half-yearly as on the 30th June and the
31st December in each year, and may be recovered at any time
after the account shall have been rendered.
(2.) Where by this by-law the half-year of supply any
minimum charge shall not have been reached by the meter,
a charge may be levied equal to the amount of the minimum after
the account shall have been rendered.
(3.) In failure to pay any money as by this by-law pro-
vided, the payment thereof may be enforced without further
further notice. When any premises are so cut off, a charge
of 5s. shall be made before the water is turned on.
17. Interfering with Meters.—No person other than an au-
thorized officer of the Department shall in any way interfere
with the water or supply of any premises.
18. Testing Meters.—If any consumer desires to have a
meter tested, he shall pay to the Council a fee of 5s. Should the
meter be found to register within 5 per cent, of the quantity
passed, then the 5s. fee aforesaid shall be a continuation of
10s.
19. Work to be done by Licensed Plumbers.—(1.) No person
shall perform sanitary plumbing, as prescribed by the by-laws,
relating to sanitation, shall connect any pipe with the
Department's waterworks, alter or interfere with or add
to any pipe, tap, or other water-fitting.
(2.) The work which has been done shall be given by the
licensed plumber on the day and hour he proposes to make
any alteration, addition, or connection (other than ordinary
repairs) at any premises, and the Council may make an inspection
therefrom before any such connection, additions, alterations,
or repairs are proceeded with.
(3.) Licensed plumbers shall be responsible to the Depart-
ment for the whole of the plumbing-work which they have done
or caused to be done on any property of the Department.
20. Plumbers' Licenses.—All licensed plumbers shall furnish
satisfactory evidence as to their competency, and shall be the
Resident Officer of all new services, and all such alterations,
additions, and repairs which may be effected in any one
month.
21. Uninterrupted Supply not guaranteed.—Cisterns.—The
Department does not guarantee an uninterrupted supply of
water nor a minimum pressure, and in particular no allowance
or compensation will be made for damage by its being turned
shut off for any cause. Consumers to whom a constant
supply is of importance should therefore provide cisterns in
case of such emergency.
22. Cutting off Supplies on Emergency.—In cases of emer-
gency, contamination of supply, or if the supply be short,
the Resident Officer, on giving such public notice as he deems
necessary, may cut off or curtail the supply of water as he may
deem necessary for such period as is required, and no allow-
ance or compensation shall be made for damage by water
than being cut off.
23. Inspection.—(1.) Any person acting under the authority
of the Department, from sunrise to sunset on any day
in the forenoon and 9 o'clock in the afternoon of any day
(Sunday excepted), may enter upon any premises and inspect the
water from the waterworks to see if such water is being wasted
or misused.
(2.) If such person is refused admittance or obstructed in
such inspection, the Department may cut off the supply of
water to the premises referred to.
24. Notice of Removal of Pipe to be given.—(1.) Any person
disconnecting any pipe or other apparatus previously duly
connected with the waterworks, after giving to the Depart-
ment fourteen days' notice in writing of his or her intention,
and of the time of such removal, but shall be liable for all
loss or damage done to the waterworks by such removal.
(2.) If any person removes any such pipe or apparatus
without giving such notice, he shall be liable to a penalty of
not more than £20, and to pay for all damage done to the
waterworks by such removal.
25. Penalties for Offences against Waterworks.—If any per-
son—
(1.) Wilfully or negligently allows any pipe or apparatus
to be out of repair, or to be in such condition as to
cause any waste of water, or does not forthwith
act whereby his supply of water is improperly
consumed;
(2.) Not having agreed to be supplied with water from
the waterworks, takes any such water, or has his
supply furnished to another person;
(3.) Being supplied with water from the waterworks,
supplies another person who has not agreed to be
so supplied with, or permits him to take any such
water;
(4.) Connects any pipe with a pipe of the waterworks,
without in every instance, his or her having the
direction of, the officer appointed by the Department
of the waterworks to superintend the work, and
fourteen days' previous notice in writing as aforesaid
given as above mentioned (see by-law 19);
(5.) Contravenes or fails to comply with any order as
to strength, size, or material, not in accordance
with this by-law (as mentioned in by-laws
7 and 8),
he shall be liable to a penalty of not more than £20 for each
such offence, and to a further sum equal to the cost incurred
by the Department in repairing the defect, and for any loss
which may accrue by any such act.
26. Agreement to pay Water Charges.—(1.) Every sum of
money becoming due for water, or for any special or extraordinary
or ordinary and extraordinary supplies shall be recoverable
by the Department in any Court of competent jurisdiction
as a debt.
(2.) Every person who, after the coming into operation of
these by-laws, takes or consumes water from any of the water-
works (whether such supply was originally granted before
or after the coming into operation of these by-laws) shall be deemed
and whether originally granted to such person or to some
previous owner or occupier of the premises) shall sign a
statement in the form subjoined to this Part of these by-laws
(3.) No new service connection or extraordinary service will
be laid on until the necessary agreement has been signed by the
same for the consumer.
(4.) When any ordinary or extraordinary service shall be
actually laid on (whether it was laid on before or shall have
been laid on after the coming into operation of these by-laws), and
no such agreement shall have been signed in respect thereof,
the person supplied with any such, or who takes or uses water
from such, shall, upon notice to the effect by the Resident Officer,
and in default thereof the service may be cut off.
(5.) All fines incurred with the water shall pay the stamp
duty (1s.) on the agreement.
[Stamp, 1s.] Form of Agreement.
WHEREAS made _____ (hereinafter
called "the consumer") of __ of the one part, and
the CORPORATION OF THE BOROUGH AND TOWN DISTRICT OF NEW ZEALAND
(hereinafter called "the Department") of the other part:
In consideration of the said Department supplying (or con-
tinuing to supply) and granting water and the supply
and of which the consumer is the owner [occupier], with an
ordinary supply of water, for all ordinary and extra-
water for the purpose of [here state kind of extraordinary
supply, if any, and purpose for which the same is required
for] at his or her premises (hereinafter called "the con-
sumer hereby agrees to pay to the said Department all moneys
payable to it for such water, and will abide by and observe
for the said service at the times and in manner thereby
provided by "The New Zealand Gazette" for the time of the
charge, and the times and mode of payment thereof.
(2.) The consumer hereby agrees that all moneys shall
be recoverable from him or her department in any Court
of competent jurisdiction as a debt due by him to the Department.
(3.) The consumer further agrees to remain liable to the
Department until any new owner, user, or occupier (supposed
to be the owner [occupier]) of the said premises until he shall
have, in writing, served upon the Department, at its office,
and until he shall have produced evidence of his appointment
or to sign this agreement in token of his being bound thereby,
or to sign this agreement in token of his being bound thereby,
any arrears.
(4.) The said Department, for the consideration aforesaid,
hereby agrees with the consumer, and also with every other
owner and occupier, that the water will be of the connection,
so long as the consumer shall duly pay therefor in
accordance with the said Part of the said by-laws. Subject,
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