The Water (Meters) Regulations 1988

Installation of outreading apparatus

4.—(1) Outreading apparatus shall be installed in a position in which it is reasonably accessible for inspection, testing and maintenance, and shall (so far as reasonably practicable) be in an unobtrusive position.

(2) Outreading apparatus, other than apparatus designed to transmit signals to other premises, shall be installed either in a position where it can be read by or on behalf of the undertakers without entering a building or, where a number of meters are installed inside a building, in an entrance hall or lobby to which all the customers in that building have access.