152Premises to be connected to water supply by an independent house service pipe

#### 152 Premises to be connected to water supply by an independent house service pipe 152 Premises to be connected to water supply by an independent house service pipe > > (1) The owner of premises must, unless the council authorises otherwise, ensure that the premises are not connected to a property service pipe linked to the council’s water supply system except by an independent house service pipe. > > > (2) The owner of premises connected to the council’s water supply by an independent house service pipe must ensure that the pipe has a stop-valve within the premises that is not more than 450 millimetres from the road alignment or at some other place within the premises approved by the council. > > > (3) If several premises are supplied with water by a single house service pipe, the council may require, as a condition of the supply, that a separate house service pipe be laid to each of the premises. > > > (4) If the council authorises the connection of 2 or more premises by means of a single house service pipe, the owner of each of the premises must (unless all the premises are occupied by a single household or firm as a residence or place of business) ensure that there is installed on each of those premises— > > > > > (a) a separate stop-valve that complies with subsection (2), and > > > > > (b) a separate water meter to measure the water supply to those premises. > > > (5) The owner of a group of contiguous premises may request the council to lay a large property service pipe or water sub-main to supply 2 or more of the premises in the group.