Hong Kong Regulations

BUILDING (STANDARDS OF SANITARY FITMENTS, PLUMBING, DRAINAGE WORKS AND LATRINES) REGULATIONS - REGULATION 76

Building Authority required to fix every disconnecting trap, etc. and recovery of cost

(1) Every disconnecting trap, required, by regulation 57, to be provided,
shall be fixed, and the manhole in which such trap is fixed shall be
constructed, by the Building Authority who may recover the cost of such work
as provided in paragraph (2).

(2) (a) Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed, respectively, are
provided for a drain, the Building Authority may recover the cost thereof from
the owner of the building for which such drain is provided.

   (b)  Where the trap and manhole so fixed and constructed, respectively, are
        provided for a private 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 thereof
               from such person, or

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