Sewerage and Drainage Act
(Chapter 293A, Sections 73 and 75)
Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary Works) Regulations
Rg 2
G.N. No. S 167/1999

REVISED EDITION 2001
(31st January 2001)
[1st April 1999]
PART I
PRELIMINARY
Citation
1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Sewerage and Drainage (Sanitary Works) Regulations.
Definitions
2.  In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires —
“Code of Practice” means the Code of Practice on Sanitary Plumbing and Drainage System issued under section 33 of the Act;
“discharge pipe” means a pipe which conveys the discharges from a sanitary appliance or a floor trap;
“discharge stack” means a main vertical discharge pipe;
“sanitary drainage system” means a network of underground pipes comprising drain-lines, branch drain-lines, fittings and inspection chambers for the conveyance of sewage within any premises to a sewerage system;
“sanitary plumbing system” means a system of sanitary pipework above the ground comprising one or more discharge pipes, discharge stacks, ventilating pipes, ventilating stacks and fittings for the conveyance of sewage from premises to a sanitary drainage system;
“sanitary works” include works on any sanitary plumbing system or sanitary drainage system and the fixing, alteration and repair of a sanitary appliance, and other works connected therewith;
“ventilating pipe” means a pipe provided to limit the pressure fluctuations within any sanitary plumbing system;
“ventilating stack” means a main vertical ventilating pipe.