Singapore legislation
Regulation 37
Regulation 37
Metered water consumption
Subregulation 1
Where premises are supplied with metered water which is paid for by an owner or landlord, whether or not the payment is recoverable by him, in whole or in part, from the occupier, then for so long as he remains the owner or landlord thereof the following conditions shall apply:
the owner or landlord shall be deemed to be the consumer until such time as he has made arrangements satisfactory to the Board for any occupier to become the consumer in his place; and
notwithstanding any notice which he may have given either to the Board or to any such occupier, the owner or landlord shall still be liable for payment of any money due in respect of such consumption.
Subregulation 2
Where the Board supplies water through a master meter and one or more sub-meters, notwithstanding any notice which the consumer who is liable to pay for his consumption registered by the master meter may have given to the Board, he shall be deemed to remain the consumer until he has made arrangements satisfactory to the Board for another person to become the consumer in his place.
Subregulation 3
Where the amount of water registered by the master meter is less than the amount registered by one or more sub-meters, the consumer liable to pay for the consumption registered by the master meter shall pay such amount as the Board or the agent of the Board may determine to be representative of the usual consumption of the consumer.