5A. Flushing apparatus for water closets
(1) If apparatus referred to in by-law 5(1)(b) incorporates or consists of a water closet pan, the owner and occupier of the house concerned shall provide apparatus authorised by the Commission for ¾
(a) the effective application of water to that pan;
(b) the efficient flushing and cleansing of that pan; and
(c) the removal from that pan of any solid or liquid matter which may from time to time be deposited therein.
(2) Subject to sub-bylaws (3) and (4), apparatus authorised by the Commission for the purposes referred to in sub-bylaw (1) shall be so constructed, fitted and placed as to supply water for use in the relevant water closet pan without any direct connection from that pan to any water service pipe on the land on which the relevant house is situated.
(3) Subject to sub-bylaw (4), all apparatus referred to in sub-bylaw (2) and installed on or after 1 January 1993 for use with water closet pans shall be of the 6/3 litre dual-flush types.
(4) If any apparatus designed or adapted for the purposes referred to in sub-bylaw (1) and installed before 1 January 1993 for use with a water closet pan (in this sub-bylaw called }the old apparatus~) is to be replaced and the water closet pan with which the old apparatus is used cannot be efficiently cleansed with apparatus of the type referred to in sub-bylaw (3), apparatus referred to in sub-bylaw (2) other than a 6/3 litre dual-flush apparatus may be installed by way of replacement for the old apparatus.
[By-law 5A inserted in Gazette 27 Jul 1990 p. 3618; erratum in Gazette 10 Aug 1990 p. 3922; amended in Gazette 21 Sep 1990 p. 4953; 3 Jan 1992 p. 33; 31 Dec 1992 p. 6417; 29 Dec 1995 p. 6309.]
[Heading deleted in Gazette 29 May 2001 p. 2708.]