Section 15
Requirements as to bib-taps, ball taps, etc.,
of Water Supply Regulations 1961 Reprinted 1999
(1)
Every bib, pillar, globe and stop tap of the ordinary screw-down pattern, and of a nominal size not exceeding two inches, shall comply B.S.S. 1010: 1959 for such taps.
(2)
Every bib, pillar, globe and stop tap, not being of the ordinary screw-down pattern, shall be capable of resisting a pressure of at least three hundred pounds to the square inch; and every valve, spindle and other internal part, and, where the normal size of the tap does not exceed two inches, the body thereof, shall be made of a corrosion-resisting alloy.
(3)
Every sluice valve of a nominal size of two inches or more shall comply with
B.S.S. 1218: 1946 for sluice valves for waterworks purposes, except that it shall open by means of a clockwise motion.
Requirements as to ball taps fixed to cistern.