{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004/section-38",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/21",
  "legislation_title": "Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-act-2004",
  "path": "section/38",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": "Duty to secure water supply etc",
  "text": "(1) A fire and rescue authority must take all reasonable measures for securing that an adequate supply of water will be available for the authority’s use in the event of fire.\n(2) A fire and rescue authority may use any suitable supply of water for the purposes of extinguishing a fire or protecting life or property in the event of a fire (but must pay reasonable compensation for the water).\n(3) Subsection (2) is subject to—\n(a) an agreement under section 39 or 41;\n(b) section 147 of the Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) (charging for emergency use of water).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 7.9.2004 for specified purposes except in relation to W. and 1.10.2004 otherwise except in relation to W. by S.I. 2004/2304, art. 2 (with art. 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I2",
      "text": "S. 38 in force at 10.11.2004 for W. by S.I. 2004/2917, art. 2"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/21/section/38",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:17:04.223984+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."
}