Section 57
of Water Supply Regulations 1961 Reprinted 1999
State Subsidiary LegislationIn forceProvision 57 of 97
Section 57
The level of the point of discharge of the hot or cold water to a fixed bath, lavatory basin or sink shall be not less than one and one-half inches above the centre of the overflow, or, if there is no overflow, of the top edge of the bath, basin or sink:
Provided that this regulation shall not apply to any bidet, sitzbaths, slop or sluicing sink, or similar apparatus, if every pipe conveying hot or cold water to such apparatus is connected to –
(a)
a storage cistern supplying water to such apparatus only; or
(b)
a flushing cistern.
Water closet and urinal to have flushing cistern.