Section 59 Exemption from charges for water for fire fighting.C1

After section 9 of the Water (Scotland) Act 1980 there shall be added the following section—

“
9A
Without prejudice to any provision relating to domestic water rate but notwithstanding anything in section 9 or 49 of this Act, no charge may be made by a water authority in respect of—
(a)
water taken for the purposes of extinguishing fires or of testing apparatus installed, or equipment used, for extinguishing fires ; or
(b)
the availability of water for the said purposes:
Provided that nothing in this section shall prevent the making of charges in respect of work carried out at the request of or for the benefit of any person receiving a supply of water for the said purposes.”.

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C1: The text of s. 5(1), 6, 7, 9(2), 10–13, 20, 21, 22(a)–(c) 23, 31, 36–50, 56–59, 60(1)(a)(b)(2), 66, Sch. 1 Pt. II, Sch. 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.