{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-9A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980/section-9A.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/45",
  "legislation_title": "Water (Scotland) Act 1980",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/water-scotland-act-1980",
  "path": "section/9A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 9 of this Act, no charge may be made by Scottish Water in respect of—\n(a) water taken for the purpose of extinguishing fires or taken by the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service for any other emergency purposes;\n(b) water taken for the purpose of testing apparatus installed or equipment used for extinguishing fires or for the purpose of training persons for fire-fighting; or\n(c) the availability of water for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above:\nProvided 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.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall not have the effect, where any water is used or made available for any of the purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of that subsection, of requiring a reduction in the charges imposed in respect of the provision for other purposes of the supply from which the water is taken.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "S. 9A added by Local Government and Planning (Scotland) Act 1982 (c.43, SIF 81:2), s. 59"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 9A renumbered as s. 9A(1) (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(4)(b); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 9A substituted (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(4)(a); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 9A substituted (1.4.2002) by Water Industry (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 3), s. 71(1), Sch. 6 para. 6 (with s. 67); S.S.I. 2002/118, art. 2(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "S. 9A(a)(b)(c) substituted (6.3.1992) for paras. (a)(b) by Local Government Finance Act 1992 (c. 14), s. 107, Sch. 11, Pt. IV, para. 29(b) (with s. 118(1)(2)(4))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 9A(1)(a) substituted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), sch. 7 para. 51(2); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "S. 9A(2) added (1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 119(4)(c); S.I. 1996/323, art. 4(1)(c)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/45/section/9A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:15:16.376021+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."
}