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UGANDA GOVERNMENT
THE WATERWORKS ACT
CHAPTER 137
REVISED EDiTION, 1964
Price: Sha. 2/25
"IlINTI!) av THJI OOVI.)IWIMT .aINTla, INTlaal, OcAIU,,,
2778 Cap. 137.]
S£CTlON.
Waterworks
CHAPTER 137.
THE WATERWORKS ACT.
ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS.
PART I-PRELIMINARY.
1. Short title.
2. Interpretation.
3. Defined areas.
4. Appoinbnent of Water Authority.
PART II-POWERS AND DtmES OF WATD. AumoRITr.
5. Duties of Water Authority.
6. Exercise of powers and duties.7. Powers of maintenance, etc.
8. Power to lay pipes, etc., on private lands,
9. Power of entry.
10. Power to curtail or withhold supply of water.
lOA Power to prohibit use or w~ltt for ~fie purpos.6.
11. Power to authorise aupply of wala' outside defined L-ea.
12. Application of Act to IUpply outside defined ares.
13. General water rate.
1+. Internal supply rate.IS. Mode of detennining an.nual value.
PART IV--5UFPLT OF WATJ!R TO PRnuSRS.
16. Power of Water Authority to supply wala' to premises.
16A Supply by measured quantitj.
17. Supply by computed. quantity.
18. Payment foe excess wala' registered by meter.
19. Supply by agrec:mcnt.
PART V-PAYJdENT OF RATES AND QLucRS.
20. Appointment of penon for collection of moneys due.
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 2779
SI!CTION.
ZZ. Payment of internal supply rate.
23. Payment for water to be supplied by measured quantity.
24-. Payment for water supplied by computed quantity.
2~A. Meter rent.
25. Rates and charges, where payable.
26. Liability for payment of rates and charges.
27. Failure of contractor to pay for water supplied.
28. Disconnection of water supply on non-payment of charges,
29. Payment of rate after notiee of discontinuance or aCter removal.
30. Notiee of non-occupancy required,
3I. Aetion by prescribed authority for fflXJVery of overdue amounts.
32. Recovery oC overdue amounts from occupier•
.n. Proof of liability.
PART VI-GENElW..
3~. Injury, diversion, pollution.
35. Misuse or wasteof water.
36. Altering service.
37. Fraudulent measurement.
38. Water wed other than Cor purpose supplied,
38A. Erection of buildinV, ete., 0"iU' rosins ()(' pipes.39. Water 8Upplied to persons not entitled to supply.
-roo Accumulations likely to enter waterworb.
·U. Bathing, etc, in waterworks.
~2. Offences under other laws.
-43. Exemptions.
«. Rules.
-45. Penalty for breach of rules.
2727
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 2781
Ifowner" means the person for the time being receivingthe rent of the premises in connection with whichthe word is used whether on his own account oras agent or trustee for any other person or whowould receive the rent if the premises were let to atenant, and includes the holder of premises from acontrolling authority as defined in the Public Lands Cap. ZOI.
Act;"premises" means any land or huilding or part of any
land or building which is held or occupied as adistinct or separate holding or tenancy and includesany wharf or pier;
"prescribed authority" means the person appointed bythe Minister under section 20 of this Act for thepurposes prescribed by that section;
"public fountain" means any fountain, stand-pipe, tapor trough or any structure in connection therewithwhich is used or intended to be used for or inconnection with the supply of water to the publicfrom the waterworks as prescribed and erected bythe Water Authority;
"rating list" means the rating list for an urbanauthority prepared, revised and authenticated underthe Local Government (Rating) Act or the Urban Cap. 29.Authorities Act" Cap. tt.,
"service" means all pipes, cisterns, cocks, fittings andother appli.ances (excepting any meter hereindefined) through which water flows or is intendedto flow from the mains of the Water Authority toany premises;
"urban area" means any area declared to be amunicipality or town under the Urban AuthoritiesAct;
"urban authority" means a municipal or town councilor board established. or deemed to be establishedunder the Urban Authorities Act;
"urban rate" means the annual rate levied in an urbanarea under the Local Government (Rating) Act orthe Urban Authorities Act;
"Water Authority" means the person appointed bythe Minister to manage or supervise the waterworks and the supply of water therefrom in anydefined area;
L782 Cap. 137.] Wateruiorks
IXfincd
AmendedL.N. 1610/1962.
Appoint,rnent orWaterAuthont)'.AmaldedL.N. 161of 1962.
" k " 11 . d . kswaterwor s means a reservotrs, aIDS, weirs, tan I
cisterns, tunnels, adits, wells, boreholes, filters,settling tanks, purifyin~ plant, conduits, aqueducts,mains, pipes, foundations, stand-pipes, hydrants,taps, pumps, engines and all other structures andappliances used or constructed for obtaining,storing, purifying, conveying, distributing, measuring or regulating water which are used or havebeen constructed by or on behalf of the Government and are the property thereof or which shallhereafter be used or constructed by the Government DT by the W:tter Authority.
3. The Minister may by statutory order prescribe an]defined area as a "defined area" under this Act.
4. The Minister may by statutory order appoint a WaterAuthority for any defined area.
~ol
powcna.oddutiCl-
Ducle. ofWaterAuthority.
A.rncndedL.N.161or 1962.
PART II-POWERS AND DtrrIES OF WATER AtrrHORITY.
5. A Water Authority duly appointed shall construct ortake over any waterworks required or provided for the supplyof water in the defined area for which It is appointed and shallmanage, maintain, extend and alter such waterworks and shallmanage and distribute the water therein subject to the approvaland authority of the Minister.
6. The powers and duties of a Water Authority may beexercised and performed by the officers and servants of aWater Authority subject to the general authority of the WaterAuthority.
Powers of 7. The Water Authority may, in any public thoroughfarernaintenanee.etc. or any public place, lay down, maintain, take up, renew orAmended alter, inspect, attend to, examine and test any water pipe orOrd. 6 of any public f-ountain.1951. __ J.
Powc;n to 8. The Water Authority may, after giving reasonable~~p~ notice in writing to the owner or occupier, carry any waterpm:.te lands. pipe through, across or under any lands whatsoever and may,
at any time, upon giving such reasonable notice as circumstances permit, or in case of serious emergency without giving
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 27g3
notice, enter upon any such lands for the purpose of repairing,maintaining, renewing, removing, altering, inspecting, attending to or testing any such water pipe thereon, without payingany. compensation but making good or at his option payingfor damage done or occasioned through the operations underthis section.
9. (1) The Water Authority may for any of the purposes Power of
in this section mentioned at any time between six o'clock in entry.
the morning and six o'clock at night or in the case of urgency ~6d~1at any other time, enter upon any premises into, upon or under 1951, &. 4.
which any pipe or fitting connected with the waterworks isor is being fixed-
(a) to inspect any such pipe or fitting laid or fixed orbeing laid or fixed and to ascertain whether thereis or is likely to be any waste, leakage, obstruction, damage or pollution or misuse of water inconnection therewith and to ascertain whethersuch pipe or fitting complies with the terms ofany rules made under this Act relating thereto;
(b) to fix, inspect, read, check, clean or remove orreplace any meter or similar appliance of theWater Authority used or to be used in connection with the supply of water;
(c) to disconnect the supply of water from anypremises or to diminish, withhold or divert thesupply of water through or by means of anypipe or fitting wholly or in part.
(2) Any Water Authority may for the purposes ofexamining and inspecting any catchment area or for ascertaining whether any offence has been committed in such area enterupon any land or water or any premises in such area and itshall be lawful for the Authority to take samples of anymaterial or effluent which in its opinion may cause pollutionof the water in that area.
10. The Water Authority may in its discretion at any time ~todiminish, tum off or divert the supply of water to any premises withholJor place without prejudice to the recovery or retention of any supply of
ch th f~~
water rate, arges, meter-rent, or 0 er sums 0 money due S be' tedor to become due under the provisions of this Act. ilid. ~t;;'f
1951. So 5.
2784 Cap. 137.] Watenoorks
Powutoprohibit useof water for•pccifiepurposes,
Add«JOrd. 6 of1951, So 6.
Power toauthoriseIUpplyofwater outtideddlncd aieL
AddedOrd.17of1933. s.. 2.AmendedLoN. 161of 1962.
Applicationof Actto .upplyotluidedc1ined arcs.
AddedOrd. 17 of1933, L J.AmendedL.N.16lof 1962.
AmendedOrd. 601195I... 7.w.l.161of 1962.
lOA. The Water Authority may from time to time bynotice published in the Gazette prohibit the use of water forany purpose or purposes specified in such notice.
11. Notwithstanding anything in this Act contained, theMinister may-
(a) authorise a Water Authority to supply wateroutside its defined area; and
(b) prescribe the charge for water so supplied and theconditions on which a supply shall be authorised:
Provided that any charge so prescribed shallnot be less than the charge for a similar supplywithin the defined area.
12. When a supply of water is authorised in accordancewith the provisions of the preceding section, the provisions ofthis Act and all statutory mstruments made thereunder shallapply, mutatis mutandis, to such supply, subject always tothe charge and any conditions prescribed by the Minister.
PART III-WATF.Jl Rvrzs.
13. (1) The Minister may by statutory order-(a) direct that a general water rate shall be levied in
respect of the premises in any defined area;(b) exempt from the general water rate wholly or to
any specified extent any premises or descriptionor class of premises;
(c) prescribe that any specified premises or descriptionor class of premises shall pay a specified chargein addition to or in substitution for the generalwater rate;
(d) prescribe the amount of the general water rate;(e) prescribe the date on which the first payment as
made payable by section 21 of this Act shallbecome due,
(2) In prescribing the amount of the general waterrate the order may provide that the rate relating to the premisesin respect of which such rate is leviable shall be a prescribed
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 2785
Intenu1supply rat~.
Amended!...N.161of 1962.
p~rcentage not exce~ning five per centum of the annual valueof such premises:
Provided that the annual value of any premises belowa prescribed value shall be deemed to amount to that prescribedvalue; such prescribed value shall be cited in the order as the"prescribed minimum value".
14. (1) The Minister may by statutory order-(a) direct that an internal supply rate shall be levied
in any defined area in respect of an internalsupply for domestic purposes to any premiseswithin that area to which water is not suppliedby quantity as provided by this Act;
(b) prescribe the amount of the internal supply rate;(e) prescribe that any premises or description or class
of premises shall pay a specified charge inaddition. to the internal supply rate.
(2) In prescribing the amount of the internal supplyrate the order may provide that the rate relating to thepremises in respect of which such rate is leviable shall be aprescribed percentage not exceeding five per centum of theannual value of such premises :
Provided that the annual value of any premises belowa prescribed value shall be deemed to amount to thatprescribed value; such prescribed value shall be cited in theorder as the "prescribed minimum value".
15. (1) The annual value of any premises, separately Mode ~f •
shown on a rating list, shall for the purposes of this Act be :U~ulre.determined by the rating list for the urban area in which Sub.titutcdsuch premises are situated in force when any rate levied under Ord. 26 of
this Act is due: ~~~Provided that- Act 76 of
1963," 2-(a) for the purposes of this Act, every rating list in
force on the Ist June shall be deemed. tocontinue in force until the 31st May nextfollowing; and
(b) if such premises are not separately shown on arating list or are situated in an urban area forwhich no rating list is prepared, or are exemptby law from payment of the urban rate in thaturban area, or for any reason are not includedin the rating list or are situated beyond the
2786 Cap. 137.] Waterworks
Pewer ofWalerAu thori ty tosupply WIlier10 premises,
Supply by~rcd
quantity.
AddedOrd. 6 of19SI, .. s,A.mc:u<kdL.N.161of 1962.
Supply bycomputedquantity.
AmendedL.N. 161of 1962.
boundaries of any urban area the Water Authority may from time to time as may be deemedexpedient assess the annual value of suchpremises; any person aggrieved by the assessment of the Water Authority may within onemonth after notification that any rate is duefrom him, appeal against the assessment to anymagistrate having jurisdiction. An appeal shalllie to the High Court from the decision of memagistrate.
(2) Where several premises, separately shown on arating list, are occupied as one tenancy the Water Authoritymay treat the premises as one tenancy for the purposes ofassessment of water charges.
(3) [Repealed-Act 76 of 1963, section 2.]
PART IV-SUPPLY OF WATER TO PREMISES.
16. The Water Authority may subject to the provisions ofthis Act and of any rules made thereunder supply water toany premises on application being made by the owner oroccupier thereof.
16A. The Minister may by statutory order direct that inrespect of any area and in respect of any premises or class ordescription of premises that the charges for water suppliedshall be assessed on consumption as registered by a meter andin such order he may prescribe-
(a) the charge to be nude in respect of variouspremises or classes or description of premises;
(b) a minimum charge to be made in respect of anypr~ses or class or classes or description ofpremises;
(c) that any class of consumers shall pay a deposit andthe amount of such deposit;.
(el) a meter rent;(e) whether or not the general water rate shall be paid
in addition to any charge for water consumed.
17. (1) The Water Authority may at his option supplywater by quantity to any premises within any defined area forany purpose whatever and the Minister may by statutory orderprescribe a standard rate at which water may be so suppliedand may similarly prescribe the method of computing thequantity of water taken for any particular purpose:
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Provided that where any premises liable to the generalwater rate are supplied by quantity in accordance with theprovisions of this section there shall be payable a rebate inthe proportion which the general water rate bears to the sumof the general water rate and the internal supply rate, up tobut not beyond an amount equal to the general water ratechargeable.
(2) The standard rate prescribed by any order madeunder subsection (1) of this section may be cited in that orderas the "standard rate" for the defined area for which it isprescribed.
18. The Water Authority may in the case of any supply Payment of• c:xc:c:sI W1l ter
cause a meter to be fixed on any premISes to measure such registeredsupply, and in such event the person liable for payment may by meter.
be required to pay for meter rent as prescribed in the rules t::::L1d:;tand for any excess water as registered by meter beyond the 1936.
quantity of water which would have been allowed at thestandard rate for the amount of the rates or other chargespayable in respect of the supply.
19. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Supply byt.
Water Authority may with the consent of the Minister supply =:water for any purpose to any person, body of persons or L.N. 161corporation within any defined area upon such terms and of 1%2.
conditions as to payment or otherwise as the Minister mayapprove.
PART V-PAYMENr OF RATES AND CHARGES.
20. The Minister may by notice appoint any person to ~ppointmrt
collect and receive all rates and charges for water supplied ~s::: 00:and all meter rents and charges for work done by the Water moocyw due.
Authority. tRt61of 1962-
21. The general water rate and charges additional thereto =t ofshall be payable monthly in advance on the first day of each ......tc:r ...te.
calendar month :Provided that no general water rate shall be charge
able in respect of any premises unless and until a supply ofwater becomes available for those premises at a point not morethan one thousand feet therefrom.
22. The internal supply rate and charges additional thereto ~~::r of
shall be payable in advance on the first day of each calendar :'pply rate.
month and the first payment shall be made when the Water
Cap. 137.] Waterworks
Paytncnt Corwatersupplied bym.eo~
quuHity.
SobstirutedOrd. 6 of1951, .. 10.
Payment Corwale!'supplied bycomputedquantity.SubetirutedO.-d. 'of19SI.LI0.
Metee rent,
Ad<kdo-a 6 of1951.LlI.
Rata andchqes.wbetepayable.
Lability Cor~olf1l~ andcharp.Amendedo-a, 6 of19SI.LIl.
Authority notifies the person requiring the supply thatthe service by which the water is to be supplied is availablefor that purpose.
23. Charges for water supplied by quantity measured bya meter shall be payable within fifteen days of an account beingrendered by the Water Authority.
24. (1) The charges for water to be supplied by computedquantity shall be payable in advance or on the first day ofeach calendar month and the first payment shall be madewhen the Water Authority notifies the person requiring thesupply that the service is available.
{2} The charges for water registered in excess of thecomputed quantity shall be payable within fifteen days of anaccount being rendered by the Water Authority.
24A. Meter rent, if any, shall be paid at the same time ascharges for water supplied are paid.
25. The rates, charges and meter rents payable under thisAct shall be paid to such officer or at such office as theprescribed authority shall notify.
26. (I) The occupier of any premises in respect of whichthe general water rate is payable shall be liable for paymentthereof and for the charges additional thereto unless theannual value is less than the prescribed minimum value inwhich event the owner shall be liable,
(2) The occupier of any premises to which a serviceis laid shall be liable for the payment of the internal supplyrate, any meter rent and any other charges payable for watersupplied as provided in this Act unless the annual value isless than the prescribed minimum value in which event theowner shall be liable.
(3) When any premises are occupied by two or morepersons each person shall be jointly and severally liable forthe payments above-mentioned.
(4) When more premises than one are fed by acommon supply pipe the owner of the premises shall be liablefor all water charges.
WalertJJorR.s {Cap. 137. 2789
27. Where any contractor makes default in payment forwater supplied to him as contractor the person on whosebehalf the work has been done or is to be done by thecontractor shall be liable for such payment, and if he pays thesame or the same is recovered from him he shall be deemed tohave paid it on behalf of the contractor and may recover itaccordingly.
Failun: ofcontractor topay for_taowpplied.
28. The Water Authority may cut off or withdraw the ~~a-orsupply of water to any premises in respect of which the wt~nwater rates or any other charges in connection with the I~p~ly;;;'entsupply are not fully paid within thirty days after notification :f~es..by the prescribed authority. Substituted
Ord. 26 of1932, .. 4.
29. The occupier of any premises liable to the payment of Payment of
h h 11 ' . f hi' . rate alterany water rate w 0 s a gIve nonce 0 S mtention to ootia of dis-discontinue the use of the water for domestic or other coatinuaace
purposes or who shall remove from the premises and shall =give notice thereof shall pay the rates to the end of the Substituted
calendar month in which such removal or discontinuance takes ?:ti.2: ~~place:
Provided that where the owner is liable for any ratesuch notice shall be given by the owner.
30. (1) No person shall be exempted from general-water Noticeol
rate in respect of any premises by reason of the non-occupancy :~of such premises unless notice of such non-occupancy shall n=quired..
have been given to the prescribed authority. t:t16 of
(2) Where any premises, not liable to general water 1932,,, 6
rate by reason only of non-occupancy and notice as aforesaid,become liable to general water rate by reason of occupancy theowner thereof shall, within fifteen days after such occupancycommences, give notice thereof to the prescribed authority.
(3) The penalty for a breach of the provisions of thissection shall be a fine not exceeding one hundred shillings.
31. If any person fails to pay any amount due by him Action by
under this Act within thirty days after notification of his ~:ri~orliability as hereinbefore provided the prescribed authority I"eCOTUY of
• L~_ th . O'Y'U'duemay in 1l.l3 own name sue for or au onse any person on his amouata.
behalf to sue for and recover such sum together with costs Amended
and the expenses of disconnecting the water supplied. ?9ti.2~7~
7YJO Cap. 137.] Wotereoorhs
RccoY'U)' ofo-e-erdueamountsfromoccupier.
Adde<JOrd. 26 of1932,1.8.
Proof ofliability.
Injury,di'I'Cl'I.ion.p<>l1u lion.
AmendedOrd 6 of1951... 13.
32. If any sum for water rates or any other charges inconnection with the supply of water to any premises, not beingless than the prescribed minimum value, is not fully paidwithin the thirty days prescribed in section 28 of this Actthe Water Authority or any person authorised by writing onhis behalf may demand the same from the occupier of suchpremises and on non-payment thereof, within seven days ofsuch demand may, without prejudice to any other remedy,recover the same by distress and sale of the goods or chattelsfound on the premises; and in such cases the occupier maydeduct from the next and following payment of his rent anyamount which W3S so paid by or recovered from him whichwas due from the owner.:
Provided that no sum which was due and owing Earmore than two calendar months before demand was made shallbe recovered in accordance with the provisions of this section.
33. In any action for the recovery of any amount dueunder this Act a certificate under the hand of the prescribedauthority or of any person authorised by the prescribedauthority in that behalf that such amount is due and that thedefendant is the person liable to pay the same shall, in theabsence of evidence to the contrary, be conclusive evidenceof such amount and of the non-payment thereof and that thedefendant is the person liable for the payment thereof.
PART VI-GENERAL.34. Any person who tampers with or wilfully or negligently
injures the waterworks, or any public fountain or any servicethrough or with which water from the waterworks is supplied,or any meter installed by the Water Authority under thisAct, or who unlawfully drams off, diverts or takes water fromthe same or from any catchment area from which the waterworks are supplied, or pollutes or causes risk of pollution[0 any such water; or allows any foul liquid gas or othernoxious matter to enter into the waterworks or any pipe orfitting connected therewith, shall be liable to a fine not exceeding five hundred shillings and to a further fine of twentyshillings a day for each day while the offence continues:
Provided that nothing in this section shall be deemedto prohibit any person living within a catchment area drawingoff for his domestic use up to one hundred gallons of water aday or such greater or lesser amount of water as the WaterAuthority may, subject to such conditions as he may impose,pennit him in writing to draw off.
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 2791
35. (1) Any person who wilfully or negligently misuses or Mi~,or
wastes or causes or allows to be misused or wasted any water :::ct;.opassing into, through or upon or near any premises from the Amendedwaterworks shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred Ord. 6 of
h'II' 1951,s.H,s ) mgs.
(2) The occupier of any premises where any water iswilfully or negligently misused or wasted shall be liable to afine not exceeding one hundred shillings.
36. Any person who without the consent of the Water AIu:m1
A th . 1 1 . JerYICe.U onty or contrary to any ru es a ten or causes or perrruts
to be altered any service through which water is supplied toany premises shall be liable to a fine not exceeding twohundred shillings.
37. Any person who alters or causes or permits to be Fraudulent
altered any service with intent to avoid the accurate measure-~ment or register of water by means of any meter or to obtaina greater supply of water than he is entitled to, and to avoidpayment therefor or with such intent tampers with any metershall be liable to a fine not exceeding eight hundred shillings;and any service so altered or meter injured may be replacedor repaired by the Water Authority at the expense of anyperson convicted under this section and the cost so incurredby the Water Authority may be recovered upon the order ofthe court as if it were a fine imposed by the court.
38. Any person who uses any water supplied to him by the w.w used
Water Authority for purposes other than those for which the I~=water is supplied or for purposes in contravention of any supplied..
prohibition under section IDA of this Act which may at the SuMtitut~
time be in force shall be liable to a fine not exceeding forty ~1i 6LOfsshillings; such fine shall not prejudice the right of the Water • .Authority to recover by civil suit the charge for the waterimproperly used.
38A. (1) No person shall construct or erect any building or E.n;c~OQ of
structure over any main or pipe laid by a Water Authority save ~=with the written permission of such Authority and subject to ~ 01'
such conditions as such Authority may require for the pipes.
protection of such main or pipe; any person who acts in ~~et fcontravention of this section shall be liable on conviction to 1951. L016.a fine not exceeding one thousand shillings.
(2) Where any building or Structure has been erectedover any main or pipe contrary to the provisions of subsection
27922792
Waterworks [Cap. 137. 2793
42. When any act or omission punishable under this Act O~encesh
or any rules made thereunder is also punishable under any I.~~ ot er
other written law for the time being in force the offender shallbe liable to be prosecuted and punished either under thisAct or under such other written law but shall not be Hableto be punished twice for the same offence.
43. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 34. Exemptions.
section 40 and paragraph (b) of section 41 of this Act, Added
the Minister may, in his discretion and subject to such terms ?;t7,l: 2.rand conditions as he may impose, by statutory instrument, Amended
I' d .. L.N. 161grant to any person a icence to erect an mamtam water- of 1962.
pumping plant and equipment in any catchment area.
(2) The Minister may at any time revoke or vary suchlicence.
44. The Minister may make rules for the more effective Rules.
carrying out of the provisions of this Act and in particular AmClded
d oth ' eli th I' f .l.:_ Ord. 6 oran WI out preju ce to e genera tty 0 U~ power may 1951, So 17.make rules relating to all or any of the matters following and L.N. J6Jmay apply all or any such rules to all defined areas or to any or 1962.
defined area in particular-
(a) the method and manner in which water may besupplied from public fountains, the control ofthe supply and the price to be charged for waterso supplied;
(b) the construction, laying, .fitting, alteration orreadjustment of services, the nature, quality,size and pattern thereof and of meters usedtherewith and the charges for any work doneby the Water Authority in respect thereto andthe times and places for payment of such workand the person liable for such payment;
(c) the rent to be paid for meters;(d) the suspension of any miter supply;(e) the prevention of waste of water;(f) the inspection and testing of meters, pipes, fittings
and other appliances whereby or In connectionwith which water is supplied to any premises;
(g) the forms for applications for the supply of waterto premises or for any work to be done underthe provisions of this Act for which an application is necessary;
2794 Cap. 137.] Waterworks
PCMlty fIXbruch ofrules.
AmmdcdL.N. 161of 1962.
(h) the forms of all notices required to be given andsent under this Act and the issuing and servicethereof.
45. The Minister may prescribe for the breach of any rulemade under the last foregoing section a fine not exceedingone hundred shillings:
Provided that where no penalty has been prescribedfor the breach of any rule, such breach shall be punishablewith a fine not exceeding fifty shillings.
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