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National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act, 1977 (Act No. 103 of 1977)

Regulations

Part P : Drainage

P3. Control of objectionable discharge

 

(1) No person shall cause or permit sewage discharged from any sanitary fixture to enter—

[Words preceding regulation P3(1) amended by regulation 26(a) of Notice No. R. 432 of 1991]

(a) any stormwater drain, stormwater sewer or excavated or constructed watercourse;
(b) subject to the National Water Act, 1998 (Act No. 36 of 1998), any river, stream or natural watercourse whether ordinarily dry or otherwise; or

[Regulation P3(1)(b) substituted by regulation 110 of Notice No. R. 574 of 2008]

(c) any street or other site.

 

(2) No person shall cause or permit stormwater to enter any drainage installation on any site.

 

(3) The local authority may by notice in writing order the owner of any site to execute, at his own cost, any precautionary measures required by the local authority to prevent such entry contemplated in subregulation (1) or (2), as the case may be.

[Regulation P3(3) substituted by regulation 26(b) of Notice No. R. 432 of 1991]

 

(4) No person shall, without the written permission, of the local authority, discharge or cause the discharge of any water from a swimming pool, fountain or reservoir, either directly or indirectly, onto any public street or public place, or onto any site other than onto the site upon which such swimming pool, fountain or reservoir is situated.

 

(5) Any person who contravenes or permits the contravention of any requirement of this regulation or fails to comply with a notice served on him in terms of subregulation (3), shall be guilty of an offence.