Satapuala Water Supply Regulations, 1957

638 36 Preliminary Water ANALYSIS 7. Permit to specify drainage I. Title and commencement Water Rates 2. Interpretation 3. Consumers to whom Committee re sponsible Reticulation Connection 4 No permit until fee paid and approval obtained 5. Authority to undertake connection 6. Pipe diameter 8. Annual levy for water rates 9. Rates for larger pipes 10. Payment of rates 11. Supply stopped for non-payment 12. Rates to be paid to Secretary to Com mittee Miscellaneous 13. Use of water may be controlled REGULATIONS Preliminary l. Title and commencement-( I) These regulations may be cited as the Satapuala Water Supply Regulations 1957. (2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st day of June 1957. 2. Interpretation-In these regulations, unless the context otherwise re quires: "The Ordinance" means the Water Supply Ordinance 1953. Expressions defined in the Ordinance have the meanings so defined: "The Committee" means the Satapuala Water Supply Committee duly appointed under the authority of section 3 of the Water Supply Ordinance 1953: "Water rates" means the ordinary water rates and the special water rates prescribed by these regulations. The Water Supply Ordinance 1953 has been repealed and replaced by the Water Act 1965. ~- Consumers to whom Committee responsible-The Committee shall be responsible for the installation, maintenance, and control of the water supply to consumers in Satapuala Village and to consumers on land in the occupation and under the control of the Stowers family in Magia Village. Reticulation Connection 4. No permit until fee paid and approval obtained-No permit shall be issued in terms of section 13 of the Ordinance unless and until a connection fee of [$2] for every single connection has been paid to the Committee, and unless and until the Director of Works or an officer nominated by him has approved of the connection. 5. Authority to undertake connection-No plumber or any other person shall undertake any connection to the water supply unless he is named in the permit authorising such connection or is otherwise authorised by the Commit tee so to act. 6. Pipe diameter-Unless otherwise specifed in a permit issued under section 13 of the Ordinance, pipes of one half-inch internal diameter only shall be used in all reticulation connections. Satapuala Water Supply Regulations 1957 639 37 7. Permit to specify drainage-A permit issued under sec~ion· 1 ~ of ~he Ordinance shall specify the type of drainage to be constructed in conJuncuon with every reticulation connection. As to the size of pipe, see the note to s. 24 of the Water Act 1965, and regulations 5, 6 and 7 of the North Upolo Water Supply Regulations 1966, reprinted in this title. Water Rates 8. Annual levy for water rates-The Committee may make an annual levy for water rates according to the following scale: Private Premises For each tap connection ($3] (with a maximum of ($9] for each year in respect of any single holding). Business Premises For the first tap connection ($5] . For every tap connection after the first ($3] (with a maximum of ($11] for each year in respect of any single holdi'ng). 9. Rates for larger pipes-( 1) Every consumer joined to the water supply by means of a connection exceeding one half-inch internal diameter shall pay the following special water rate (a) ($6.75] per annum, where the connection is one three-quarter inch in internal diameter; (b) [$ 12] per annum, where the connection is one inch in internal diameter; (c) [$18.75] per annum, where the connection is one and one-quarter inches in internal diameter; (d) [$48] per annum, where the connection is two inches in internal diameter. (2) Such special water rate shall be in addition to the ordinary water rates prescribed by the preceding regulation: Provided however that any consumer who, at the date of the coming into force of these regulations, is joined to the water supply by means of a connection one three-quarter inch in internal diameter, shall not be required to pay the special water rate prescribed by paragraph (a) of subclause ( 1) of this regulation. As to the size of pipe, see the no<e tCl s. 24 of the Water Act 1965, and regulations 5, 6 and 7 of the North Upolu Water Supply Regulations 1966, reprinted in this title. 10. Payment of rates-( I) The water rates prescribed by these regulations shall be deemed to be payable in and for each year commencing on the l st day of July and ending on the 30th day of June next succeeding. Such water rates shall be payable in advance on the 1st day of July in each and every year, whether demanded or not, and if.paid on or before the 1st day of June shall be subject to a rebate of [$1) : Provided however that water rates payable in respect of business premises and the special water rate payable under the preceding regulation shall not be subject to any such rebate. (2) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in these regulations the water rate payable in respect of private premises for the year ending 30th June 1958 shall not be subject to any rebate 640 38 Water (3) In the case of a tap proposed to be installed or a connection proposed to be made after the l st day of July, the water rate payable thereon for the balance of the financial year shall be paid before the tap is installed, or the connection is made, as the case may be. 11. Supply stopped for non-payment-( l) Where any water rates are owing and unpaid for a period in excessof6 months after the due date thereof it shall be lawful for the Committee to cut off and stop the supply of water to the premises in respect of which the water rates are unpaid. (2) Where the supply of water is cut off under this regulation and the Committee consents to re-connect the supply on the application of the owner or occupier, payment of the cost of the cutting off and re-connection shall be a condition precedent to any such re-connection. 12. Rates to be paid to Secretary to Committee-All water rates le.vied in accordance with these regulations shall be payable to the Secretary to the Committee who will issue receipts for all money received. Miscellaneous 13. Use of water may be controlled-The Committee may from time to time by notice issued under the hand of the President and Secretary and publicly displayed, as may be found most convenient, control the use of any water supply. Such notices may specify inter alia the hours during which water may be drawn from the supply through any connection and the maximum amount of water which may be drawn through any connection in any specified period. Dated at Apia this 9th day of May 1957. G. R. POWLES, High Commissioner of Western Samoa. THE TAFUA VILLAGE WATER SUPPLY COMMITTEE PROCLAMA TION 1958 PURSUANT to section 3 of the Water Supply Ordinance 1953, I, Guv RICHARDSON POWLES, High Commissioner of Western Samoa, do hereby appoint the persons named in the Schedule hereto to .be the Water Supply Committee for the Tafoa Village, Savai'i. SCHEDULE Mata'utia Ueni -President Mata'utia Ueni and Togafau Peniamina-Trustees and Treasurer Mata'utia Onesemu-Secretary Ulu Togia-Member Lemaota Feai'i-Member Galu Tafao -Member Fitoafau Samuela-Member Fitoafau Siala-Member Sa'u-Member Salu-Member Lemaota Toga-Member Fagaomanu Tausaga-Member Poulava Titipa-Member