1A. Interpretations
(1) In these by-laws, unless the context otherwise requires ¾
(a) the expressions
}cesspool,~ }drain,~ }house,~ }land,~ }owner,~ }piggery~ and }public house~
have the meanings respectively assigned to them in section 3 of the Health Act, 1911;
(b) the expression
}book of forms~ means ¾
(a) in relation to a notice or certificate, a book of approved forms of notice and certificate; and
(b) in relation to a multi-entry plumbing certificate, a book of approved forms of multi-entry plumbing certificate,
as referred to in by-law 87G (1);
}certificate~ means a certificate of completion and compliance under by-law 87B;
}commercial purposes~ means the purposes for which water is required in or about premises occupied or used for business, professional or commercial purposes being purposes ¾
(a) in which water is not used as an essential commodity for manufacturing or processing; and
(b) which are not otherwise specifically provided for in these by-laws;
}domestic purposes~ means the ordinary household purposes for which water is required in or about a dwelling-house or flats, and includes the use of water for watering lawns and gardens appurtenant to the dwelling-house or flats of those growing or planted in a street or road adjoining private land upon which the dwelling-house or flats is or are erected where those lawns and gardens are grown by or cared for by the owner or any occupier of that land and are watered with water that has passed into that land through a supply of water installed by the Corporation on that land;
}emergency work~ means work that must be carried out immediately by a licensed water supply plumber to prevent the waste, undue consumption, misuse or contamination of water supplied by the Corporation's water supply system;
}feeder~ means a watercourse, creek, stream or other channel with permanent or intermittent flow whereby water is or can be conveyed to a reservoir;
}inspector~ means an inspector appointed by the Corporation or the Commission for the purposes of these by-laws;
}licensed water supply plumber~ means a person who holds a water supply plumber's licence granted under by-law 48;
}multi- entry plumbing certificate~ means a certificate under by-law 87E;
}multi-entry work~ means ¾
(a) emergency work;
(b) maintenance, repair or replacement work of a kind described in each book of forms of multi-entry plumbing certificate; and
(c) work to connect garden reticulation systems to the Corporation's works of the kind described in each book of forms referred to in paragraph (b);
}notice~ means a notice of intention to commence work under by-law 87A;
}notified work~ means work described in a notice;
}principal Act~ means the Country Areas Water Supply Act 1947, as amended;
}private service~ includes all pipes and fittings and all connections and apparatus whatsoever, whether used temporarily or otherwise on any part of premises owned or occupied by any person and supplied with water, whether by measure or otherwise, and also includes any pipes and fittings which are the property of the owner or occupier of those premises and which are used for conveying water from the mains of the Corporation, whether or not that property is situated on those premises;
}water supply plumbing~ means the installation, renewal, replacement, alteration, repair or maintenance of water supply systems;
}water supply system~ means the pipes and fittings used or intended to be used for the supply of water from a meter assembly to the points of usage within any property, and includes any water storage tank or pipes from a water storage tank;
}working day~ means a day of the week other than a Saturday, Sunday, public holiday or public service holiday.
[By-law 1A amended by Gazettes 22 December 1964 pp.4067-8; 15 December 1966 p.3305; 30 June 1967 p.1718; 24 July 1968 p.2111; 8 November 1974 p.5012; 17 November 1978 pp.4310-1; 26 June 1981 p.2318; 7 September 1984 p.2873; 22 November 1985 p.4413; 14 July 1987 p.2649; 22 December 1989 p.4627; 29 December 1995 pp.6306, 6308-9 and 6310; 25 August 1998 pp.4735-6.]