Division 2 — Requirements for other persons
Application of this Division
25.  This Division applies to any person (other than an approved person) in relation to any water fitting, apparatus, pump, water service installation, hot water apparatus, water heater or any other thing mentioned in this Division used by the approved person for the supply of piped water suitable for drinking.
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Installation of water fitting, etc.
26.—(1)  A person must not install, alter, repair or use any water fitting, apparatus or pump in such a manner that —
(a)affects or is likely to affect the quality of any piped water suitable for drinking supplied by an approved person (including in any water main or other pipe of the approved person);
(b)causes or permits, or is likely to cause or permit, contamination of any piped water suitable for drinking supplied by an approved person; or
(c)the water fitting, apparatus or pump, when used by the approved person to supply piped water suitable for drinking, does not conform to any applicable requirement specified in the First Schedule or the PUB S&R Standard.
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(2)  A person must not install any water fitting, apparatus or pump which —
(a)is damaged, worn or faulty;
(b)for any reason —
(i)affects or is likely to affect the quality of any piped water suitable for drinking supplied by an approved person (including in any water main or other pipe of the approved person); or
(ii)causes or permits, or is likely to cause or permit, contamination of any piped water suitable for drinking supplied by an approved person; or
(c)does not conform to any applicable requirement specified in regulation 18 or the First Schedule.
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(3)  Where a water service installation or any part of a water service installation is intended only to receive or convey an approved person’s supply of piped water suitable for drinking, a person must not install, alter, repair or use the water service installation or any part of the water service installation, in such a manner that it receives or conveys any other water.
(4)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1), (2) or (3) shall be guilty of an offence.
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Accessibility to water fitting
27.—(1)  A person must not install a water fitting in such a position as will prevent reasonable access to the water fitting for purposes of examination, repair and replacement.
(2)  Paragraph (1) does not apply if it is not reasonably practicable to provide the reasonable access.
(3)  Nothing in paragraph (1) prohibits —
(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 mentioned 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.
(4)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
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Installation of hot water apparatus, etc.
28.—(1)  A person must not install any hot water apparatus unless the hot water apparatus is fitted with an adequate device or constructed —
(a)so as to prevent any backflow of piped water suitable for drinking to —
(i)the hot water apparatus; or
(ii)any pipe conveying piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the approved person; and
(b)so as not to cause any contamination, or any other adverse effect on the quality, of any piped water suitable for drinking supplied by the approved person.
(2)  Where a person installs any water heater on the approved person’s premises to heat the approved person’s supply of piped water suitable for drinking, the person must not connect any mixing valve, pipe or other water fitting in which hot water and cold water are mixed, so as to mix —
(a)water supplied from the water heater connected directly to a service pipe, with cold water not supplied directly from a service pipe; or
(b)water supplied from the water heater not connected directly to a service pipe, with cold water supplied from a service pipe.
(3)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
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Supply of water fittings to approved persons
29.—(1)  A person must not —
(a)supply; or
(b)offer, display or advertise for supply,
any water fitting for use in Singapore unless —
(c)the water fitting complies with —
(i)regulation 18; and
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(ii)paragraphs 1, 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11(1)(a) and (4), 13(1) and (3), 14, 15, 18(1), (2) and (3) and 19 of the First Schedule; and
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(iii)[Deleted by S 341/2020 wef 30/04/2020]
(d)any standard referred to in regulation 18(2) applicable to that water fitting is appropriately indicated on the water fitting or on the packaging for that water fitting.
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(2)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) must, if the Board so requires, recall all water fittings supplied by the person in contravention of that paragraph at the person’s own cost and expense.
(3)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence.
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Board may require testing of water fitting
30.—(1)  The Board may, by notice in writing, require any person who —
(a)installs or offers or advertises to install; or
(b)supplies or offers, displays or advertises for supply,
any water fitting for use in any water service installation to have a sample of the water fitting tested or examined by an accredited laboratory or such other testing laboratory as the Board may allow, within the time specified in the notice.
(2)  Any costs and expenses incurred for the testing or examination of a water fitting (including fees payable to the accredited laboratory or testing laboratory) must be borne by the person mentioned in paragraph (1).
(3)  A person who receives a notice mentioned in paragraph (1) must not —
(a)install or offer or advertise to install; or
(b)supply or offer, display or advertise for supply,
any water fitting mentioned in the notice unless and until the Board informs the person that the Board is satisfied that the water fitting is fit for use in a water service installation.
(4)  Where the Board informs the person who receives a notice mentioned in paragraph (1) that the Board is not satisfied that the water fitting is fit for use in a water service installation, the person —
(a)must immediately stop installing, supplying, or offering, displaying or advertising to install or for supply, such water fitting in Singapore; and
(b)must, if the Board so requires, recall all such water fittings already installed or supplied at the person’s own cost and expense.
(5)  Any person who —
(a)fails to comply with a notice served on the person under paragraph (1); or
(b)contravenes paragraph (3) or (4),
shall be guilty of an offence.
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Prohibition against tampering, etc.
31.—(1)  A person must not tamper or otherwise interfere with any water service installation used by an approved person for the supply of piped water suitable for drinking, in a manner that causes, or is likely to cause, any contamination or other adverse effect on the quality of such water.
(2)  Any person who contravenes paragraph (1) shall be guilty of an offence.
(3)  It is a defence to any prosecution for an offence under paragraph (2) if the accused proves, on a balance of probabilities, that the accused interfered with the water service installation solely for the purpose of maintaining the water service installation on behalf of the approved person.
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