S.L. 545.3 Art. 5Water services.

(1) Services shall be provided and laid by the Corporation, at the expense of the applicant, and in such manner as the

Corporation may deem necessary or expedient in accordance with those policies established by it:

Provided that any repairs or alterations to a service shall be at the expense of the Corporation:

Provided also that, with regard to those works which are carried out within the boundaries of a tenement, the Corporation shall not undertake to restore ornamental floors, wall surfaces or any other decorations which may be unavoidably interfered with in the execution of such works.

(2) The fee which is to be collected by the Corporation as payment for the provision and laying of the service shall be as follows: when one communication is made for a residential supply ..................................... €345 when one communication is made for any other supply ............................................. €760:

Provided that, where the service is longer than seven metres, the Corporation shall charge an additional sum of €23.29 for every metre, or part thereof, by which the service is longer than seven metres:

Provided further that, for the purpose of measurement, where the main pipe lies in the road in front of the tenement, it shall be deemed to lie in the middle of the road.

(3) No work on the service shall be commenced before the Corporation shall have received the total fee due to it for such service as indicated in sub-regulation (2).

(4) Houses, apartments, flats, factories, hotels, commercial outlets, offices, and any other buildings which are physically internally interconnected shall be provided with only one service unless otherwise authorised by the Chief Executive.

(5) Whenever works to be carried out by the Corporation, whether for the installation of a service, or whether so requested by any person, necessitate the deviation of the main pipe, the person requesting such works shall bear all the costs in relation to such works: Provided that no work shall be commenced before the Corporation shall have received half of the estimated amount due to it for such works.