Special mains for fire-fighting
36A Special mains for fire-fighting
The undertakers may lay mains solely for fire-fighting purposes.
Where it is certified to the undertakers by a fire brigade board that any mains laid under subsection (1) of this section specially benefit any lands the undertakers may charge the whole or part of the cost of their installation (including design) and maintenance on those lands in proportion to the annual value of those lands or in such other proportion as they consider just.
The charges made on any land under subsection (1A) of this section are enforceable in the same manner as rates are enforceable under Part 9 of the Local Government Act 1993.
The undertakers may, at the request and expense of the owner or occupier of any land, lay a main in his land, extend it into and within a building, put therein or connect thereto fire-plugs, pillar hydrants, and connections for fire-hoses, and maintain the whole installation in effective order.
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