Waterworks Clauses Act, 1847

Persons using water not required to be laid on at high pressure to provide cisterns, &c.

Penalty for neglect.

54. If by the special Act it be provided that the water to be supplied by the undertakers need not be constantly laid on under pressure, every person supplied with water shall, when required by the undertakers, provide a proper cistern to hold the water with which he shall be so supplied, with a ball and stop cock in the pipe bringing the water from the works of the undertakers to such cistern, shall keep such cistern, ball, and stop cock in good repair, so as effectually to prevent the water from running to waste; and in case any such person shall, when required by the undertakers, neglect to provide such cistern, ball, or stop cock, or to keep the same in good repair, the undertakers may cut off the pipe or turn off the water from the premises of such person until such cistern and ball and stop cock shall be provided or repaired, as the case may require.