PART IV
                            GENERAL PROVISIONS

   55. Damage in fire fighting to be damage by fire within meaning of
 fire policy---Where damage to property is caused by . . . any officer,
 servant, employee, or member of a fire brigade or a Fire Authority, or
 any other person whatsoever in the exercise in good faith of his powers,
 duties, or obligations at or in connection with any fire or suspected
 fire (including any fire or suspected fire occurring beyond the area in
 which he has authority), the damage shall be deemed to be damage by fire
 within the meaning of any policy of insurance against fire covering the
 damaged property:

   Provided that where any fire or suspected fire is earthquake fire
 within the meaning of the Earthquake and War Damage Act 1944 or within
 the meaning of any policy or contract of insurance against damage by
 earthquake, that damage shall be deemed to be damage by earthquake fire
 for the purposes of that Act, policy, or contract.
     Cf. 1955, No. 44, s. 51

       Words were omitted, as indicated by points of omission, by s. 32
     (1) of the State-Owned Enterprises Act 1986.