Waterworks Clauses Act 1952
36Fire-plugs near factories, &c., at request of owners
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36 Fire-plugs near factories, &c., at request of owners
*[Section 36 Amended by No. 54 of 1963, s. 8 ]*The undertakers shall, at the request and expense of the owner or occupier of any factory, timber yard, or store situated in any street in which there is a pipe of the undertakers, place in that street and maintain in effective order –
(a) a fire-plug or pillar hydrant as near as conveniently may be to the factory, timber yard, or store; and
(b) such pipes as are necessary to connect the existing pipes of the undertakers to the fire-plug or pillar hydrant.