Singapore legislation

Regulation 6

of Public Utilities (Water Supply) Regulations

Regulation 6

Accessibility to water fittings

Subregulation 1

No person shall install, or cause or permit to be or to remain installed, any water fitting which has to be operated inside or outside a building in such a position as to prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement, unless such access is not reasonably practicable.

Subregulation 2

Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prohibit —

(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 referred to 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.

Subregulation 3

Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.