FEES FOR THE EMPTYING OF HOTEL CESSPITS ġ S.L.35.06 1
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 35.06
FEES FOR THE EMPTYING OF HOTEL CESSPITS 
REGULATIONS
28th June, 1974
LEGAL NOTICE 77 of 1974.
Title. 
Hotel Cesspits Regulations.
Interpretation.
"hotel" means any licensed building, howsoever described, in
which accommodation for not less than ten residents is provided by
a common management and includes any number of buildings
howsoever described, which are grouped together and containing in
the aggregate accommodation for not less than ten residents and
having in common ancillary hotel services and amenities, and are
operated by a common management;
Cap. 197.
"hotel-keeper" shall have the same meaning as is assigned to it
by article 2 of the Hotels and Catering Establishments Act.
Payment of fee.
the Chief Government Medical Officer for the emptying of cesspits
in respect of any hotel a fee at the rate of ten cents per single bed
per week:
Provided that, where the effluent removed from the cesspit
of a hotel during a specified period exceeds the amount of used
water as registered on the water meter for that period, there shall be
paid to the Chief Government Medical Officer in respect of the
removal of such excess effluent such sum as shall be equivalent to
that paid by the Government to the contractor in respect of such
excess.
(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1) of this regulation, a
double bed shall be considered as two single beds.
