SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 11 Water and Sewerage Charges: Scotland

Part IV Amendments to the 1980 Act

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In section 9A (which relates to the exemption from charges of water for fire fighting)—

a

for the words “community water charges" there shall be substituted the words “ council water charge ”; and

b

for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraphs—

a

water taken for the purpose of extinguishing fires or taken by a fire 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: