Public Utilities Act 2001 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Water Undertaking of Board
37. General provisions relating to discontinuation of supply of water
Feedback & supportIf, at any time after the supply of water to any premises has been discontinued by the Board under any provision of this Act, it is found that the supply has been reinstated without the authority of the Board and the water is being used by any person on the premises, the occupier of the premises is deemed, until the contrary is proved, to have authorised such user and shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 and to a further fine not exceeding $250 for every day or part of a day during which the offence continues after conviction.
premises
“premises” includes buildings, structures, streets, lands, waters, tenements, easements of any tenure, whether State land or not, whether open or enclosed, whether built on or not, whether public or private, and whether maintained or not under statutory authority;
Where the Board has discontinued the supply of water to any premises under this Act, the Board may resume the supply within a reasonable time if the person in default —
Board
“Board” means the Public Utilities Board reconstituted under the Public Utilities Act in force before 1 April 2001 and continued by section 3;
has made good the default; and
has paid the reasonable expenses of disconnecting and re-connecting the supply.