Duty of manager to maintain water supply and drainageI15

1

The manager must ensure that the water supply and drainage system serving the HMO is maintained in good, clean and working condition and in particular he must ensure that—

a

any tank, cistern or similar receptacle used for the storage of water for drinking or other domestic purposes is kept in a good, clean and working condition, with a cover kept over it to keep the water in a clean and proper condition; and

b

any water fitting which is liable to damage by frost is protected from frost damage.

2

The manager must not unreasonably cause or permit the water or drainage supply that is used by any occupier at the HMO to be interrupted.

3

In this regulation “water fitting” means a pipe, tap, cock, valve, ferrule, meter, cistern, bath, water closet or soil pan used in connection with the supply or use of water, but the reference in this definition to a pipe does not include an overflow pipe or the mains supply pipe.