Water Industry Act 1991
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147 Charging for emergency use of water.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 38(2) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or anything in section 142 above or in any charges scheme under section 143 above or in any agreement as to charges in respect of any supply of water, no charge may be made by any water undertaker or water supply licensee in respect of— (a) water taken for the purpose of extinguishing fires or taken by a fire and rescue authority for any other emergency purposes; (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 (c) the availability of water for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above. (2) This section shall not 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 purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above. (3) This section 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 subsection (1) above, of requiring a reduction in the charges imposed in respect of the provision for other purposes of the supply from which that water is taken. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
147 Charging for emergency use of water.
(1) Notwithstanding anything in section 38(2) of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004, or anything in section 142 above or in any charges scheme under section 143 above or in any agreement as to charges in respect of any supply of water, no charge may be made by any water undertaker or water supply licensee in respect of— (a) water taken for the purpose of extinguishing fires or taken by a fire and rescue authority for any other emergency purposes; (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 (c) the availability of water for any purpose mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) above. (2) This section shall not 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 purposes mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) of subsection (1) above. (3) This section 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 subsection (1) above, of requiring a reduction in the charges imposed in respect of the provision for other purposes of the supply from which that water is taken. (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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