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ngly permits or suffers any condition of things to exist contrary to any provision contained in this by-law, shall be deemed to have committed a breach of such provision and be liable accordingly.

Penalty.

10. Any person committing a breach of any provision of this by-law shall be liable to a penalty of such amount as the Court inflicting the same shall think proper, but in no case exceeding £10, as provided by the Road Boards Act, 1908, section 122.

Copies of By-law.

11. The Board shall have this by-law printed, and shall supply a copy thereof to any person requiring the same on payment of the sum of 1s.

Date.

12. This by-law shall come into force on being gazetted.

Licenses.

13. The following provisions shall, unless otherwise specified, apply to all licenses granted by the Board under this by-law :—

(a.) Before any such license shall be granted an application in the prescribed form by the person applying for such license, and giving all such information as may be required by or provided for in any such form, shall be delivered at the office, and the fee payable in respect of such license shall be deposited with such application. Every such application shall be signed by the applicant.

(b.) Every such license shall, when issued, be in the prescribed form and signed by the Clerk, and shall remain in force until the thirty-first day of March next after the issue thereof, and may be renewed on application at the office and payment for renewal fee not later than the thirty-first day of March in each year.

(c.) Every such license shall be registered in a book to be kept by the Clerk in the appointed form.

(d.) If in the opinion of the Board it is proved that the holder of any license or the person applying for any license is from any cause unfit to be the holder of such license, the Board may cancel, refuse, suspend, or revoke the same.

PART II.

DRAINAGE.

Drains to carry away Sewage, &c., to be provided.

1. All property within the drainage area shall be provided with suitable and sufficient drains to carry away the whole of the sewage, refuse water, 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 buildings shall be erected, added to, altered, or repaired, to cause the provisions of this by-law to be complied with.

Application for Connection.

2. The owner or occupier of any property desiring to have the same connected with the sewer shall make application at the Road Board’s office in Form 2 in the Schedule hereto.

Inspector to point out Position for Connection.

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

Sewers, &c., beneath Public Streets.

4. The Board only may make connection with sewers and lay drainpipes beneath public streets, footpaths, and public places, and such connection shall be made at the sole cost of the applicant. Before making such connection the applicant shall deposit with the Board the amount of the estimated cost thereof.

Expense of Maintenance of above to be borne by Board.

5. The expense of keeping in repair the drainpipes and traps mentioned in section 2 will be borne by the Board, but if any of such pipes or traps 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. 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,

Pipes, &c., to remain the property of Board.

6. Notwithstanding the payments enumerated in the preceding sections, all drainpipes, traps, and other fittings provided by the Board (in consideration of such payments), and all drainpipes beneath public streets and footpaths, shall remain the property of the Board, and no person shall have any claim to the same.

Notice of Intended Connections.

7. No person shall connect any drain, pipe, water-closet, urinal, trap, cesspool, or other fitting with any drainpipe communicating or intended to communicate with any sewer unless he shall have previously given the Clerk forty-eight hours’ notice in writing of his intention to do so, such notice to be on Form 2 in Schedule hereto.

Notice of Intended Removals.

8. No person shall remove or make any alteration in any drainpipe, soil-pipe, water-closet, urinal, trap, or other sanitary fitting communicating with any sewer unless he shall have previously given the Clerk forty-eight hours’ notice in writing of his intention to do so.

Authorized Plumbers and Drain-layers only to be Employed.

9. No person shall be allowed to do any plumbing work in connection with the drainage of any property unless he shall have applied to be and shall have been licensed by the Board as an “authorized plumber,” and shall have engaged to conform to and comply with these regulations. The application to be made on Form 4, and the license shall be in Form 1 of the Schedule hereto. All plumbers and drain-layers shall be licensed annually under this by-law. No person shall be allowed to 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 “authorized drain-layer and connector,” obtained the necessary permit, and shall have engaged to conform to and comply with these regulations.

9A. Applicant for drain-layer’s license not having held a license previously may be granted a provisional license until such time as the Inspector shall be satisfied that he is competent, when a drain-layer’s license will then be issued.

9B. Each defective drain laid by a licensed drain-layer shall count a black mark against his license. Three such marks shall render his license liable to be cancelled at the discretion of the Engineer, and the said drain-layer shall be debarred from holding a further license within the district governed by these by-laws.

Inspection of Drainage Works.

10. 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 tested and passed by the Inspector, twenty-four hours’ notice to be given.

Defective Drainpipes, &c.

11. Any drain, pipe, trap, water-closet, urinal, sink, or other fitting laid, used, or constructed otherwise than in accordance with these regulations, or which shall in the opinion of the Inspector be or become of bad or defective quality, shall, upon notice in writing from the Inspector, be removed or repaired in the manner and within the time fixed by the Inspector; and the Board may, should it think fit, on failure by the person liable to perform such removal or repair, remove or repair the said defective fitting, and charge the owner or occupier of the premises with the cost incurred.

Construction of House-drains.

12. No house-drain shall be less than 4 in. internal diameter, and every such drain shall be constructed of glazed stoneware or cast-iron pipes of the best quality; no soft-burnt, cracked, crooked, or distorted pipes shall be used; right-angled junctions will not be allowed; curves shall be formed by proper bend-pipes, having inspection-eye of approved make. A disconnecting trap of an approved make, complete with ventilating shaft, shall be fixed at the street boundary of each drain or at such point as the Board’s Inspector deems necessary.

13. As far as possible all house-drains shall be laid in straight lines; where changes of direction occur such shall be made by the construction of an inspection-chamber or by an approved bent-pipe as directed by the Inspector. The pipes must be laid with true gradients, the inclination as steep as circumstances will conveniently permit; if possible, not less than 1 in 40 for 4 in. pipes, and 1 in 60 for 6 in. pipes. All pipe-trenches shall be carefully cut in the solid ground and well rammed, and all pipes laid as follows :—