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CANBERRA SEWERAGE AND WATER SUPPLY REGULATIONS(AMENDMENT) (NO. 52 OF 1993) - REG 3

3. Regulation 80 of the Principal Regulations is amended—

        (a)     by omitting subregulations (27), (28) and (32) and substituting the following subregulations:

“(27) Where a closet-pan and cistern are to be installed, a reduced-flush closet-pan and a dual flush 6/3 litre cistern shall be installed.

“(28) Where a closet-pan is to be installed, a reduced-flush closet-pan shall be installed.

“(29) Where a cistern is to be installed so as to be connected to an existing full-flush closet-pan, a separate dual flush cistern which—

        (a)     is of not less than 11 litres capacity;

        (b)     gives an effective full-flush of not more than 10 litres and for test purposes 9 litres; and

        (c)     gives an effective half-flush of not more than 5.5 litres and for test purposes 4.5 litres;

shall be installed.

“(30) Where a cistern is to be installed so as to be connected to an existing reduced-flush closet-pan a dual flush 6/3 litre cistern shall be installed.

“(31) Closet-pans flushed with water drawn from a central storage cistern installed before 1 January 1994 shall—

        (a)     where the pan is a full-flush closet-pan—be flushed with an effective full-flush of not more than 10 litres and for test purposes 9 litres; or

        (b)     where the pan is a reduced-flush closet-pan—be flushed with an effective full-flush of not more than 10 litres and for test purposes either 6 or 9 litres.

“(32) Where a full-flush closet-pan is flushed—

        (a)     with water drawn from a central storage cistern; and

        (b)     by control fittings which allow the user to determine whether to give a full-flush or half-flush;

the pan may be flushed with a half-flush of not less than 4.5 litres and not more than 5.5 litres.

“(33) Where a reduced-flush closet-pan is flushed—

        (a)     with water drawn from a central storage cistern; and

        (b)     by control fittings which allow the user to determine whether to give a full-flush or half-flush;

the pan may be flushed with a half-flush of not less than 3 litres and not more than 4 litres.

“(33A) Where a central storage cistern installation is to be installed—

        (a)     reduced-flush closet-pans; and

        (b)     control fittings which automatically control the amount of water used in such a manner that each flush uses—

              (i)     on a full-flush—not less than 6 and not more than 7 litres of water; or

              (ii)     on a half-flush—not less than 3 and not more than 4 litres of water;

shall be installed.”;

        (b)     by omitting from paragraph (35) (a) “and”;

        (c)     by adding at the end of paragraph (35) (b) “and”; and

        (d)     by adding at the end of subregulation (35) the following paragraph:

    “(c)     a dual flush 6/3 litre cistern is one which is of not less than 8 litres capacity giving an effective full-flush of not more than 7 litres and for test purposes 6 litres and giving an effective half-flush of not more than 4 litres and for test purposes 3 litres.”.

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