6.—(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.
(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.
(3) Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.