Section 110

―cesspool‖ includes a settlement tank or other tank for the reception or disposal of foul matter from buildings, and any receptacle for night soil or for offensive matter above or below the ground;

―closet‖ includes privy;

―drain‖ includes a private drain and a public drain;

―drainage‖ includes the conveyance by means of a sink and any other necessary appliance, of refuse water and the conveyance of rain water from roofs and yards;

―earth closet‖ means a closet having a movable receptacle for the reception of faecal matter and its deodorisation by the use of earth, ashes or chemicals, or by other methods;

―private drain‖ means a drain used for the drainage of one building or of any buildings or yards appurtenant to buildings within the same curtilage;

―private sewer‖ means a sewer which is not a public sewer;

* See Corrigenda at page LXXiv of 1960 Annual Volume.

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―public drain‖ means a drain connecting a private drain with a sewer or water course;

―public sewer‖ means a sewer constructed by or on behalf of or vested in or under the control of a local authority or where a contract or arrangement has been made under section 113 means a sewer constructed by or on behalf of or vested in or under the control of the authority supplying the sewerage services;

―sanitary convenience‖ includes a closet, urinal or place for washing;

―sewer‖ does not include a drain as defined in this section;

―tank‖ includes any receptacle, whether movable or fixed, and whether made of wood, metal, stone, brick, concrete or other material;

―water closet‖ means a closet which has a separate fixed receptacle connected to a drainage system, cesspool or pit and having a separate provision for flushing from a supply of clean water, either by the operation of mechanism or by automatic action.

Sanitary services.