Singapore legislation
Regulation 6
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 —
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
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.