No. 8 of 1955. Water and Hleetricity 3
Supply.

5. A superintendent shall manage, operate, main-
tain and control the installations necessary for develop-
ing, generating and distributing electricity and for
collecting and distributing water for public and private
use and purposes within the area of supply which he
is appointed to superintendent.

6. (1) No person shall collect or distribute a
supply of water or develop, generate or distribute a
supply of electricity, as the case may be, for publie or
private use or purposes within an area of supply
without having first obtained the approval of the
Governor in Council such approval not to be unreagon-
ably withheld:

Provided that nothing in this subsection shall in any
way limit the right of any person to construct and
maintain on premises owned or cceupied by him
installations to supply water and electricity to the
suid premises.

(2) Kxcept with the permission of the Governor
in Council no private water pipe or electric line shall
cross or be allowed to cross any street.

7. (1) For the purposes of this Ordinance a
superintendent may—

(4) open and break up any street within an area
of supply and install any equipment on or under
the sides thereof:

Provided that no equipment shall be so
installed as to preyent the free opening of gates,
doors or windows, or to obstruct ingress to and
evress from any private premises;

(2) install any equipment, after reasonable
notice in that behalf to the owner or occupier,
throngh, on, over or under any land whatsoever,
enclosed or otherwise;

(c) remove, alter, substitute or repair any
equipment installed as aforesaid.

(2) For the purpose of exercising any power
conferred on him by subsection (1) of this section,
it shall be lawful for a superintendent from time
to time—

(a) with the consent of the owner first obtained
to canse -quipment to be put or fixed upon or
against the walls or palisades of any premises or to
be put up er erected in such other manner as shall
be deemed proper; and

VirGIn
IsLANDs.

Duties of
superin-
tendents.

Restrictions
on private
supply.

Powers of
superinten-
dents.