22Use of water and works

22 Use of water and works

(1) An officer of a rural fire brigade may, for the purpose of controlling or suppressing a fire: (a) take and use water from any source without payment; or (b) use without payment any water mains, water plugs, valves, pipes or works of water supply vested in, or under the management or control of, a water supply authority, public authority or body; or (c) authorise or direct a member of a rural fire brigade to do any of the things mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b). (2) The Minister may, by arrangement with the owner or occupier or person having control or management of land containing a water source, take and use, free of charge, water from that source for the purpose of training or demonstration by any rural fire brigade.