35Supply of water to fire hydrants

35 Supply of water to fire hydrants

35 Supply of water to fire hydrants

(1) A water supply authority must keep charged with water a water main or pipe supplying water to a fire hydrant installed by the authority.

(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if—

(a) the water supply authority is prevented from keeping the water main or pipe charged with water because of a drought or other emergency, or

(b) necessary repairs to the water main, pipe or fire hydrant are being carried out.

(3) A water supply authority is not required to comply with subsection (1) in relation to a pipe supplying water to a fire hydrant if—

(a) the pipe is a water transfer pipe that is not in continuous operation, and

(b) the water supply authority has, by written notice, informed the relevant fire authority that the fire hydrant may not be operable because the pipe supplying water to the fire hydrant is not in continuous operation.

(4) In this section—

relevant fire authority means—

(a) for a location in a fire district constituted under the Fire and Rescue NSW Act 1989—the Commissioner of Fire and Rescue NSW, or

(b) for a location in a rural fire district constituted under the Rural Fires Act 1997—the Commissioner of the NSW Rural Fire Service.