New South Wales Consolidated Regulations

WATER MANAGEMENT (WATER SUPPLY AUTHORITIES) REGULATION 2004 - REG 15

15 Fire-fighting services

(1) A person must not:

(a) install or maintain a fire-fighting service that does not comply with the Plumbing and Drainage Code of Practice, or

(b) fail to comply with any direction given by a water supply authority as to the way in which the person must comply with the Plumbing and Drainage Code of Practice in relation to a fire-fighting service.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(2) A person must not use a fire-fighting service otherwise than for the following purposes:

(a) the purpose of controlling or extinguishing a fire,

(b) some other purpose approved by the relevant water supply authority.

Maximum penalty: 20 penalty units.

(3) In this clause, "fire-fighting service" means such parts of a water service as are designed to be used for controlling and extinguishing fires.