# Water (Scotland) Act 1980, Paragraph 22: Hydrants to be placed near factories, etc., at request of owners or occupiers.

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The undertakers shall, at the request and expense of the owner or occupier of any factory or place of business situated in, or near to, a road in which a pipe of the undertakers is laid (not being a trunk main, and being of sufficient dimensions to carry a hydrant) fix on the pipe and keep in good order and from time to time renew one or more fire hydrants, to be used only for extinguishing fires, as near as conveniently may be to that factory or place of business, and shall also at his expense comply as respects each such hydrant with the requirements of section 20 of this Schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/schedule/4/paragraph/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/schedule-4/paragraph-22
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