Water Services Industry Act 2006 s 36
s 36 Developing and maintaining water supply system
(1) It shall be the duty of every service licensee providing water supply services to maintain an efficient and economical water supply system.
(2) A water distribution licensee shall ensure that all arrangements have been made—
(a) for providing water supply to premises within its water supply distribution area and for making such supply available to persons who demand them; and
(b) for maintaining, improving and extending the water supply system in relation to the distribution of water,
such that the water distribution licensee is and continues to be able to meet its obligations under this Act.
(3) The duty of a water distribution licensee to maintain a public water supply system shall be up to the end of the communication pipe.
(4) The cost of repairing, replacing and maintaining the communication pipe shall be borne by the water distribution licensee.
Malay text (authoritative)
Membangunkan dan menyenggarakan sistem bekalan air
(1) Tiap-tiap pemegang lesen perkhidmatan yang menyediakan perkhidmatan bekalan air mempunyai kewajipan untuk menyenggarakan suatu sistem bekalan air yang cekap dan ekonomik.
(2) Pemegang lesen pengagihan air hendaklah memastikan bahawa semua perkiraan telah dibuat—
(a) untuk menyediakan bekalan air ke premis di dalam kawasan pengagihan bekalan airnya dan untuk membuatkan bekalan air sedemikian sentiasa tersedia ada untuk orang yang menghendakinya; dan
(b) untuk menyenggarakan, memperbaik dan memperluas sistem bekalan air yang berhubungan dengan pengagihan air,
supaya pemegang lesen pengagihan air itu mampu dan terus mampu untuk memenuhi obligasinya di bawah Akta ini.
(3) Kewajipan pemegang lesen pengagihan air untuk menyenggarakan suatu sistem bekalan air awam hendaklah sehingga takat penghujung paip penghubung.
(4) Kos untuk membaiki, menggantikan dan menyenggarakan paip penghubung hendaklah ditanggung oleh pemegang lesen pengagihan air.
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Text as at 1 August 2006 (LOM reprint); amendments made after that date may not be incorporated.
Source: Laws of Malaysia, Attorney General's Chambers of Malaysia (lom.agc.gov.my). Not a copy of the Gazette printed by the Government Printer (Interpretation Acts 1948 and 1967, s 61).
