Section 20
Power to lay water mains, etc.
A water supply authority may make, construct, provide, repair and alter such mains and other waterworks as may be necessary for supplying any area of supply and the inhabitants thereof with water and, in executing such works, may carry such mains and other waterworks through, across or under any street or road, or any place laid out or intended for a street or road, or any premises under any street or road:
Provided that—
(a)
as regards any street or road which is a State road as defined under the State Roads Ordinance, 1994 [Cap. 9], the
State Water Authority shall ensure that a water supply authority complies with the provisions of that Ordinance when executing any works on such State road;
(b)
whenever any street or road, or any place laid out or intended for a street or road, or any premises under any street or road, are opened or broken up in the execution of such works, the water supply authority shall, with all convenient speed, complete the work for which the same shall be opened or broken up, and reinstate and make good such street, road, place or premises; and
(c)
the construction, laying, repair and alteration of such mains shall only be undertaken by mainslayers licensed by the
State Water Authority.