SEPT. 6.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

(2.) The person to whom such sanction is given shall provide all such cooling-tanks, strainers, or receptacles for solid matters, and carry out all such other conditions in respect to the waste liquids or refuse products as the Engineer may require as conditional to such sanction.

(3.) No steam or liquids at a temperature of over 100° F. shall be passed into any sewer.

Water-closets to be provided.

13. (1.) Where any dwelling, or any factory, workroom, shop, office, warehouse, or other business place in which persons are employed, or any building used for public recreation or amusement or concourse, is situated on premises within 100 ft. of any sewer, the owner or occupier of such premises shall provide one or more water-closets on such premises whenever the Engineer has served notice on such owner or occupier requiring a water-closet or water-closets to be provided.

(2.) In respect to every factory, workroom, shop, office, warehouse, or other business place in which persons are employed, and every building used for public recreation or amusement or concourse, and every hotel, boardinghouse, lodginghouse, or tenement-house, the number of closets required to be provided shall be in accordance with any regulation or by-law in force in the district, or in the absence of such regulation or by-law as the Engineer may specify in the notice.

(3.) If any building to which the notice refers is already erected the closet or closets shall be provided within one calendar month of the date on which the notice is served, and if the building is in course of erection the closet or closets shall be provided before the building is occupied for use.

(4.) Whenever a water-closet or water-closets have been erected on any premises as herein provided the owner or occupier of the premises shall cause to be removed from such premises every privy other than a water-closet, and shall not thereafter erect or use or permit to be used on such premises any privy other than a water-closet.

Sanitary conveniences to be at level enabling connection to sewer.

14. No person shall construct or affix any water-closet or sink or other sanitary convenience or sanitary appliance in any cellar or in any basement of a building, or in any other position, unless such water-closet, sink, or other sanitary convenience or sanitary appliance is at such level as shall enable all sewage and waste fluid coming therefrom to be carried in a drain to a sewer or sewage-tank or outfall approved by the Engineer.

Licensed drains and appliances to be removed.

15. The owner and occupier of any premises, and every drainlayer or plumber employed on such premises in accordance with a permit from the local authority as provided in these regulations, shall cause to be disconnected and removed from such premises every drain or portion of a drain and every sanitary appliance or sanitary fitting which from any reason ceases to be required for the removal of sewage or waste waters from such premises; and the drainlayer or plumber as aforesaid shall, after such disconnection and removal, close every opening into any remaining drain or sewer or sewage-tank resulting from such disconnection and removal to the satisfaction of the Engineer.

Rain- and storm-water drains.

16. (1.) The owner and occupier of any premises shall provide on such premises sufficient gutters, spouts, fall-pipes, and storm-water drains for conveying rain-water and surface water from such premises to such outfall, and in such manner as may be directed by the Engineer.

(2.) No person being the owner or occupier of any premises, or being employed as a drainlayer or plumber on such premises in accordance with a permit issued in accordance with these regulations, shall conduct or permit to be conducted any rain-water or surface water from such premises into any drain or sewer or sewage-tank constructed for the conveyance of sewage or waste liquids, unless with the sanction in writing of the Engineer.

Permit for drain-connections.

17. No person shall connect any drain or sewer with any other drain or sewer unless the Engineer has satisfied himself that all such drains or sewers are in accordance with the provisions of these regulations, and has given thereafter permission for such connection to be made.