Water Services Industry Act 2006 s 37
s 37 Supply of water
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a water distribution licensee shall, on application in writing by the owner or occupier of any premises, supply water to the premises.
(2) No water distribution licensee shall be required to supply water to any premises if—
(a) any building on the premises has been erected in contravention of any written law or is in a ruinous or dangerous condition;
(b) the supply of water is already given to the premises by another water distribution licensee;
(c) the water distribution licensee is prevented from doing so by circumstances beyond the water distribution licensee’s control;
(d) the supplying of the water will cause the water distribution licensee to be in breach of this Act or its subsidiary legislation;
(e) the supply of water had been previously disconnected as a result of a breach of this Act or its subsidiary legislation and the breach has not been remedied;
(f) the previous supply of water has been disconnected in accordance with this Act or its subsidiary legislation; or
(g) the refusal to supply water is approved by the Commission.
Malay text (authoritative)
Pembekalan air
(1) Tertakluk kepada subseksyen (2), pemegang lesen pengagihan air hendaklah, atas permohonan bertulis oleh pemilik atau penghuni mana-mana premis, membekalkan air ke premis itu.
(2) Tiada pemegang lesen pengagihan air boleh dikehendaki untuk membekalkan air ke mana-mana premis jika—
(a) mana-mana bangunan di premis itu telah didirikan berlanggaran dengan mana-mana undang-undang bertulis atau berada dalam keadaan hampir musnah atau berbahaya;
(b) bekalan air telah pun diberikan ke premis itu oleh pemegang lesen pengagihan air yang lain;
(c) pemegang lesen pengagihan air itu dihalang berbuat demikian oleh hal keadaan yang di luar kawalan pemegang lesen pengagihan air itu;
(d) pembekalan air itu akan menyebabkan pemegang lesen pengagihan air itu melanggar Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya;
(e) pembekalan air pernah dipotong sebelum ini disebabkan oleh pelanggaran Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya dan pelanggaran itu masih belum diremedikan;
(f) pembekalan air terdahulu telah dipotong mengikut Akta ini atau perundangan subsidiarinya; atau
(g) keengganan untuk membekalkan air itu diluluskan oleh Suruhanjaya.
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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).
