40Application of Subdivision

40 Application of Subdivision

40 Application of Subdivision

(1) This Subdivision applies to such models of the following sewage management facilities as are generally available for purchase by retail—

(a) wet composting closets,

(b) waterless composting closets,

(c) septic closets,

(d) septic tanks,

(e) holding tanks and collection wells used for the receipt and storage of effluent (other than those intended to be emptied after each use, such as chamber pots),

(f) waste treatment devices designed to comminute or macerate and discharge sewage to a sewerage system,

(g) waste treatment devices that receive and treat sewage before discharging effluent to a common effluent drainage scheme,

(h) waste treatment devices that treat sewage using a specific process to produce biosolids and disinfected effluent to a standard suitable, either separately or in combination, for recycling by surface or sub-surface irrigation or by internal or external household use,

(i) any other kind of sewage management facility specified in a notice published in the Gazette by the Secretary for the purposes of this section.

(2) However, this Subdivision does not apply—

(a) to a sewage management facility intended to treat—

(i) sewage of a non-domestic nature, or

(ii) sewage from premises normally occupied by more than 10 persons, or

(iii) an average daily flow of sewage exceeding 2,000 litres, or

(b) to the part of a sewage management facility that consists of a drain connected to the facility, or

(c) to any other component of a sewage management facility that is specified in a notice published in the Gazette by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health for the purposes of this section.