Local Government (General) Regulation 2021

The pan of every closet and urinal (with its contents) is to be removed and replaced with a cleansed, empty pan at least once every 7 days.

However, if the council considers it necessary for pans to be removed and replaced more often, they are to be removed and replaced as often as the council requires.

On removal, the pan is to be covered with an airtight lid, taken in a closed vehicle (or other vehicle approved by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health) to a depot and emptied.

Before it is removed from the depot or supplied for use on any premises, the pan is to be thoroughly washed and cleansed with hot water and subjected to steam under pressure in an apparatus approved by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health.

Alternatively, the pan is to be thoroughly washed and cleansed with hot water in an automatic washing and tarring machine in which the pan is immersed in a bath of molten tar at a minimum temperature of 127°C for at least 2½ minutes.

If airtight pans of a pattern or description that has been approved by the Secretary of the Ministry of Health are used, the council may authorise the removal of human waste to be carried out at any hour of the day, but otherwise removal is not to take place between 5 am and 10 pm.

This section does not apply where the sanction of the Secretary of the Ministry of Health and the consent of the council have been given to the removal of human waste by the occupier of the premises on which it is stored.