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Formal Consolidation |  2002 RevEd
Power to enter premises to examine pipes, etc.
31.—(1)  The Board may by its employees at all reasonable hours in the day enter any premises to which water is or has been supplied by the Board for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)to examine and if necessary repair, renew or replace the pipes, meters, fittings, works or apparatus for the supply of water belonging to or which are supplied from mains belonging to the Board;
(b)to ascertain the quantity of water consumed or supplied;
(c)when the Board is authorised to discontinue the supply of water from any premises, to remove any pipe, fitting, work or apparatus belonging to the Board;
(d)to repair any damage caused by such entry, inspection or removal.
(2)  The Board may by its employees at all reasonable hours in the day enter upon or pass through any premises into, through, by, along or under which any of its mains, pipes or other works or any main, pipe or work connected therewith passes or is located —
(a)to inspect and, if necessary, to repair, alter, take up, relay, rearrange or otherwise deal with them as the circumstances may require; and
(b)to repair any damage caused by such entry or anything done under paragraph (a).
(3)  The Board shall not be liable to pay any person any fee, charge or expense or to any legal proceedings or molestation on account of such entry or of anything done to the premises under this section.
Informal Consolidation | Amended Act 13 of 2020
Power to enter premises to examine pipes, etc.
31.—(1)  The Board may by its employees, agents or contractors, at all reasonable hours in the day or night, or at such other time as may be agreed with the owner or occupier of the premises, enter any premises to which water is or has been supplied by the Board for all or any of the following purposes:
(a)to examine and if necessary repair, renew or replace the pipes, meters, fittings, works or apparatus for, or in respect of, the supply of water belonging to or which are supplied from mains belonging to the Board;
[Act 13 of 2020 wef 30/04/2020]
(b)to ascertain the quantity of water consumed or supplied;
(c)when the Board is authorised to discontinue the supply of water from any premises, to remove any pipe, fitting, meter, work or apparatus belonging to the Board;
[Act 13 of 2020 wef 30/04/2020]
(d)to repair any damage caused by such entry, inspection or removal.
[Act 9 of 2012 wef 01/09/2012]
(2)  The Board may by its employees, agents or contractors, at all reasonable hours in the day or night, or at such other time as may be agreed with the owner or occupier of the premises, enter upon or pass through any premises into, through, by, along or under which any of its mains, pipes or other works or any main, pipe or work connected therewith passes or is located —
(a)to inspect and, if necessary, to repair, alter, take up, relay, rearrange or otherwise deal with them as the circumstances may require; and
(b)to repair any damage caused by such entry or anything done under paragraph (a).
[Act 9 of 2012 wef 01/09/2012]
(3)  The Board shall not be liable to pay any person any fee, charge or expense or to any legal proceedings or molestation on account of such entry or of anything done to the premises under this section.