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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-england-order-2004/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/2305",
  "legislation_title": "The Fire and Rescue Services (England) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-and-rescue-services-england-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "AUTHORISED CHARGES",
  "text": "Action taken by fire and rescue authority\nPerson who may be charged\n1. Hiring out or provision of equipment, vehicles, premises or employees of a fire and rescue authority, except where done pursuant to any of the following provisions of the Act—\n(a) section 6;\n(b) section 8; or\n(c) sections 13 to 17.\nThe person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n2. Inspection, testing, maintenance and repair of equipment and vehicles, including the re-charging of compressed air cylinders and breathing apparatus.\nThe person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n3. Containment and clearance of debris, spillages, discharges or leaks from a vehicle, storage tank or pipe.\nThe owner, occupier or operator of any premises or vehicle which, prior to the incident giving rise to the charge, contained or conveyed the material to be contained or cleared, or the person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n4. Provision or removal of water.\nThe owner, occupier or operator of any premises in relation to which the service is provided or the person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n5. Effecting entry to, or egress from,premises.\nThe owner, occupier or operator of the premises, or the person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n6. Rescuing persons from lift cabins.\nThe owner or operator of the lift.\n7. Rescuing animals.\nThe owner or keeper of the animal.\n8. Provision of documents, photographs, tape, video or other similar recordings, where charging is not already authorised or prohibited by another enactment.\nThe person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n9. Provision of training, other than training provided to employees of other fire and rescue authorities under a reinforcement scheme.\nThe person who requests the service or to whomthe service is provided.\n10. Removal of dangerous structures.\nThe owner, occupier or operator of the structure or premises where the structure is located or the person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n11. The giving of advice to persons in relation to premises where a trade, business or other undertaking is carried on, other than the giving of advice for which arrangements are required to be made under section 6(2)(b) of the Act.\nThe person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.\n12. Lifting of incapacitated persons.\nThe person who requests the service.\n13. Extinguishing fires at sea or under the sea, or protecting life and property in the event of such fires.\nThe person who requests the service or to whom the service is provided.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/2305/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:19:10.284201+00:00"
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  "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."
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