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erected inside a building is not placed in a suitable chamber or otherwise constructed or placed
so as to prevent the pollution of the water therein, to be provided with a proper cover.
4. The occupier of any premises on which a tank, cistern, or other receptacle is used for
storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic purposes, or for
manufacturing drink for the use of man, shall empty and cleanse the same, or cause the same
to be emptied and cleansed, once at least in every six months, and at such other times as may
be necessary to keep the same in a cleanly state and free from pollution.
He shall cause every such tank, cistern, or other receptacle which is erected outside a
building, or which being erected inside a building, is not placed in a suitable chamber, or
otherwise constructed or placed so as to prevent the pollution of the water therein, to be kept at
all times properly covered. Provided that in every case where any tank, cistern, or other
receptacle used for storing of water used or likely to be used by man for drinking or domestic
purposes, or for manufacturing drink for the use of man, is used for supplying water to persons
occupying two or more separately occupied premises, the foregoing requirements shall apply to
the owner of such premises instead of to any occupier thereof.
The person in occupation of, or having the charge, management, or control of the
premises, or if there is no such person, then any person in occupation of or having the
charge, management, or control of any part of the premises, and in the case of any premises
the whole of which is let to lodgers, the person receiving the rent payable by the lodgers,
either on his own account, or as the agent of another person, shall, for the purposes of this
byelaw, be deemed to be the occupier.
5. The occupier of any premises or any other person shall not obstruct or interfere with
the owner of such premises, or with any person duly authorised by him in that behalf, in the
execution of any work to which the foregoing byelaws relate.
Penalties.
6. Every person who shall offend against any of the foregoing byelaws shall be liable for
every such offence to a penalty of five pounds, and in the case of a continuing offence to a further
penalty of forty shillings for each day after written notice of the offence from the Sanitary
Authority.