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Plumbing and Drainage Regulations 1965.

Country/Territory
Bermuda (UK)
Document type
Regulation
Date
1965 (1970)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Water
Keyword
Sewerage Effluent waste water/discharge Waterworks Pollution control Freshwater pollution
Geographical area
Americas, Atlantic Ocean Islands, North America, North Atlantic
Abstract

No person shall construct, repair, renew or alter plumbing or drainage work except in conformity with these Regulations. The drainage and drainage disposal from a building shall comply with the requirements set out in regulation 4. Every drain and every private sewer (other than a sub-soil drain or a drain or sewer or trade effluent drain mentioned in regulation 8) constructed in connection with a building shall comply with the requirements set out in regulations 5 to 7. No rainwater pipe or gutter shall discharge into or connect with any soil pipe, ventilating pipe to a drain, or waste pipe used as a ventilating pipe to a drain. The requirements of this regulation shall be deemed to be satisfied if design and installation is in accordance with the recommendations of the relevant British Standard Codes of Practice or the American Standard plumbing Code where such requirements are not covered by these Regulations.

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