Singapore legislation
Regulation 19
Regulation 19
Accessibility to water fittings
Amended byS 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019
Subregulation 1
An approved person must not install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, a water fitting in such a position as will prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement.
Subregulation 2
Paragraph (1) does not apply if it is not reasonably practicable to provide the reasonable access.
Subregulation 3
Amended byS 153/2019 wef 25/03/2019
Nothing in paragraph (1) prohibits —
(a)
the enclosing of any pipe or fitting in a chase or duct, or in plastering, if the pipe or fitting is reasonably accessible for the purposes mentioned in paragraph (1); or
(b)
the installation of any pipe in a pipe sleeve or duct located under or within a solid floor if the pipe can be readily removed from such sleeve or duct and replaced.