21Rights to have mains extended

21 Rights to have mains extended

(1)  If any owners or occupiers of houses in any part of the water district request the undertakers to provide a supply of water and if the aggregate minimum amount of water rates payable by him or them annually at the rates then current would be not less than a tenth of the estimated capital cost of providing the supply, the undertakers shall provide the supply requested.

(2)  *[Section 21 Subsection (2) amended by No. 75 of 1973, s. 2 and Sched. 1 ]*To bring water to a part of a water district for the purposes of this section the undertakers shall lay down the necessary pipes to within 30 metres of every piece of land in that part, unless the owner or occupier requiring the supply requires only a pipe within some greater distance.

(3)  No such request shall be binding on the undertakers unless the owners and occupiers severally execute an agreement binding themselves to take a supply of water for three successive years at least.