{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-fittings-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-fittings-regulations-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-7.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1148",
  "legislation_title": "The Water Supply (Water Fittings) Regulations 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-supply-water-fittings-regulations-1999",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/7",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No water fitting shall be embedded in any wall or solid floor.\n(2) No fitting which is designed to be operated or maintained, whether manually or electronically, or which consists of a joint, shall be a concealed water fitting.\n(3) Any concealed water fitting or mechanical backflow prevention device, not being a terminal fitting, shall be made of gunmetal, or another material resistant to dezincification.\n(4) Any water fitting laid below ground level shall have a depth of cover sufficient to prevent water freezing in the fitting.\n(5) In this paragraph “concealed water fitting\" means a water fitting which–\n(a) is installed below ground;\n(b) passes through or under any wall, footing or foundation;\n(c) is enclosed in any chase or duct; or\n(d) is in any other position which is inaccessible or renders access difficult.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1148/schedule/2/paragraph/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:49:50.692119+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}