S.L. 545.3 Art. 43Access to premises.

(1) Subject to the provisions of regulation 44, consumers shall at all reasonable times allow access to their premises to officials of the Corporation, and to any person engaged on its behalf, for the purposes of -

(a) reading, testing, removing or replacing the meter or any apparatus installed thereupon; or

(b) inspecting, removing, altering or replacing any other portion of the service,

(c) installing, inspecting, testing, replacing, removing or doing any other work as may be deemed necessary by the Corporation on any apparatus intended for the registration of consumption of water or enabling two-way transfer of data through a network, primarily for monitoring and billing purposes, or any related works.

(2) Any person who, without reasonable excuse -

(a) refuses to admit into any premises occupied by him an official of the Corporation who seeks admission thereto for the purpose of doing anything which he is authorized or required to do under these regulations; or

(b) hinders or obstructs any official of the Corporation in the performance of his duties, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations.