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3. The owner of any premises on which a tank, cistern, or
other receptacle not provided by the occupier of such premises
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 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 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 or entitled or claiming to be entitled to receive the
rent payable by the lodgers, either on his own account, or as the
agent of another person, shall, for the purposes of this bye-law,
be deemed to be the occupier.