Section 37 Fire-brigades, police, &c., to be notified of certain pipe-line accidents and to be furnished with information.C1

to every fireF1and rescue authority F2, local policing body and police authority by whom duties will or may fall to be discharged in consequence of the happening of the event;

F3to all statutory water undertakers and local water authorities who will or may have, in consequence of the happening of the event, to take steps to prevent or combat pollution of water or flooding;

to all F4sewerage undertakers who will or may have, in consequence of the happening of the event, to take steps to prevent injury to their sewers or sewage disposal works, interference with the free flow of the contents of any of their sewers or the prejudicial affection of the treatment and disposal of such contents or to combat the effects of any such injury, interference or affection; and

to any other authority, board or undertakers whom the Minister, by notice served on the owner of the line, requires him to treat, for the purposes of this section, as relevant in relation to the line, being an authority or board, or undertakers, in the case of whom it is stated in the notice that the Minister is satisfied that they will or may have, in consequence of the happening of the event, to take in the public interest steps for such purpose as may be specified in the notice.

in the case of a fireF5and rescue authority F6, local policing body or police authority, to enable them efficiently to discharge the duties falling to be discharged by them in consequence of the happening of the event;

F7in the case of any statutory water undertakers or local water authority, to enable them efficiently to take, in consequence of the happening of the event, steps to prevent or combat pollution of water or flooding;

in the case of a F8sewerage undertaker, to enable them efficiently to take, in consequence of the happening of the event, steps for either of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (c) of that subsection;

in the case of any authority, board or undertakers whom the owner is, by a notice served under paragraph (d) of that subsection, required to treat, for the purposes of this section, as relevant in relation to the line, to enable them efficiently to take, in consequence of the happening of the event, steps for the purpose specified in the notice.

“ fire and rescue authority ” means, in relation to any area, the fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 for the area;

F12 “ river purification authority ” means a river purification authority within the meaning of the M1 Rivers (Prevention of Pollution) (Scotland) Act 1951;

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