Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (STANDARDS OF SANITARY FITMENTS, PLUMBING, DRAINAGE WORKS AND LATRINES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 75

Building Authority required to make every connexion of drain and private sewer to public sewer or nullah and recovery of cost thereof

PART VIII

CERTAIN WORK TO BE CARRIED OUT BY THE BUILDING AUTHORITY AND RECOVERY OF COST
THEREOF

(1) The connexion of every drain or private sewer to a public sewer or nullah
shall be made by the Building Authority who may recover the cost thereof as
provided in paragraph (3).

(2) The Building Authority shall not make any such connexion until he is
satisfied that the drainage work, of which such drain or private  sewer forms
part, have been carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Ordinance
and regulations made thereunder.

(3) (a) Where a drain is so connected to a public sewer, the Building
Authority may recover the cost of making the connexion from the owner of the
building for which the drain is provided.

   (b)  Where a private sewer is so connected to a public sewer, the Building
        Authority-

        (i)    may, where the buildings for which the private sewer is
               provided are owned by the same person, recover the cost of
               making the connexion from such person; or

        (ii)   shall, where such buildings are owned by different persons,
               apportion the cost of making the connexion equally among such
               persons and may recover from each of such persons his portion
               of the cost.