165Fire plugs and free water

165 Fire plugs and free water S. 165(1) amended by No. 23/2019 s. 69(1). (1) A council may require an Authority that has a water supply district situated wholly or partly within the council's municipal district to fix fire plugs to any of the works of the Authority within the water supply district in suitable locations for the supply of water for fire-fighting purposes. (2) A council must meet the costs of providing, installing, marking and maintaining all fire plugs that the council requires under subsection (1) to be installed in its municipal district. (3) An Authority may provide, install, mark and maintain any extra fire plugs that it thinks necessary or that are requested by a landowner, either at its own cost or at the cost of the landowners benefited by them. (4) An Authority must— S. 165(4)(a) amended by No. 23/2019 s. 69(2)(a). (a) keep all fire plugs in its water supply district in working order; and (b) provide conspicuous markers for fire plugs supplied by it; and S. 165(4)(c) amended by Nos 17/2012 s. 30(1), 23/2019 s. 69(2)(b). (c) make sure that at all times water is available from fire plugs in its water supply district for cleaning sewers and drains, unless the water is unavailable due to a shortage of water or another unavoidable cause, or due to repairs. (5) Subsection (4)(a) does not require an Authority to make sure that water pressure is adequate for fire fighting. S. 165(6) inserted by No. 17/2012 s. 30(2). (6) No charge may be made by an Authority in respect of water taken for fire-fighting purposes from a fire plug fixed to its works. S. 165(7) inserted by No. 17/2012 s. 30(2). (7) An Authority may impose a reasonable charge in respect of water taken for cleaning sewers and drains from a fire plug fixed to its works. S. 166 amended by Nos 50/1992 s. 10(Sch. item 11.25), 49/1994 s. 4(1)(k), repealed by No. 46/2003 s. 59(1).[[35]](#endnote-36)