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15 Provision of water supply otherwise than by statutory undertakers.E+W+S

(1)A fire authority shall for the purposes of the last but one foregoing section have power by agreement—

(a)to secure the use, in case of fire, of water under the control of any person other than statutory water undertakers;

(b)to improve the access to any such water;

(c)to lay and maintain pipes and to carry out other works in connection with the use of such water in case of fire.

(2)[F1Without prejudice to section 9A of the M1Water (Scotland) Act 1980 (prohibition on any charge for water taken to extinguish fires etc.) and] subject to any agreement under the last foregoing subsection [F2and without prejudice to [F3sections 57(1) and 147(1) of the Water Industry Act 1991]], a fire authority may use for fire-fighting purposes any convenient and suitable supply of water, but shall be liable to pay reasonable compensation therefor:

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