Section 21
Restrictions imposed on class licensee
of Water Services Industry Act 2006
(1)
A class licensee who owns a private water supply system or any part of the system or supplies water for its own private use, or its, tenants’, occupiers’, guests’ or invitees’ private use, within its premises shall—
(a)
be prohibited from leasing, licensing or permitting any other person from using its private water supply system or a part of the system for the purposes of supplying water to the public; or
(b)
not engage in any trade or business of supplying water to the public, unless it is licensed to do so under this Act.
(2)
A class licensee who owns a private sewerage system or any part of the system or provides sewerage services for the sole purpose of collecting, conveying, treating and disposing sewage by means of a private sewerage system shall—
(a)
be prohibited from leasing, licensing or permitting any other person from using its private sewerage system or a part of the system for the purposes of providing sewerage services to the public; or
(b)
not engage in any trade or business of providing sewerage services to the public, unless it is licensed to do so under this Act.
(3)
A class licensee who contravenes subsection (1) or (2) commits an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred thousand ringgit or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding one year or to both.