Regulation 12

Where a water service installation connects a master meter to one or more sub-meters and is being used to convey water supplied by the Board to any premises through such sub-meter, any person who cuts off, disconnects, restricts, reduces or adversely affects the pressure or quality of the water supply to those premises by interfering with such water service installation shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves to the satisfaction of the Board that the interference was for the purpose of maintaining that water service installation under regulation 13 or 14.

Where any person has contravened paragraph (1), the Board may carry out such work on the water service installation as may be necessary to restore or normalise the supply of water to those premises and recover its costs and expenses reasonably incurred in carrying out such works from that person.

Any person who tampers with a water main, or any connecting pipe, water fitting or apparatus owned or maintained by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence.

Any person who, without the consent of the Board, attaches any pipe or apparatus to a water main, or any connecting pipe, water fitting or apparatus owned or maintained by the Board, shall be guilty of an offence unless he proves that he did not know or had no reason to suspect that the pipe or apparatus had been so attached.