45.—(1) Any person responsible for the maintenance of any water service installation shall ensure that the water service installation is properly maintained, kept in a fit and safe condition, and free from any defect.
(2) Any person responsible for the maintenance of any water service installation in any residential, commercial or industrial premises having any master meter and water storage cistern shall engage, once in every 60 months, a water service worker who is a professional engineer registered under the Professional Engineers Act (Cap. 253) to inspect and certify that —
(a)
the water service installation is fit and safe to use;
(b)
the water service installation is properly maintained and there is no contamination or pollution or likelihood of such contamination or pollution to the water in the water service installation; and
(c)
there is no leakage and no likelihood of leakage in the water service installation.
(3) Every professional engineer engaged under subsection (2) shall ensure that the requirements set out in that subsection are complied with.
(4) If any of the requirements set out in subsection (2) is not complied with, the professional engineer shall immediately notify —
(a)
the person responsible for the maintenance of the water service installation; and
(b)
the Board,
of such non-compliance and the remedial measures that have to be taken by that person.
(5) Upon notification by the professional engineer, the person referred to in subsection (4)(a) shall immediately take the remedial measures.
(6) The professional engineer shall issue a certificate of inspection and fitness to the person responsible for the maintenance of the water service installation if he is satisfied that the water service installation complies with all the requirements set out in subsection (2).
(7) Any person who contravenes any of the provisions of this section shall be guilty of an offence.