Moved by
Lord Harrison
72: After Clause 29, insert the following new Clause—
“Duty to provide a supply of water etc for fire fighting
(1) The Water Industry Act 1991 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 57 (duty to provide a supply of water etc for fire fighting), at the end of subsection (1) there is inserted “, including service pipes connected from those mains to consumers’ premises, where equipment is installed for extinguishing fires such as fire suppression systems, and this water may be taken via manually operated or automatic apparatus.””