1.1 This standard establishes the requirements for portable fire extinguishers of the bucket pump type in which the extinguishing medium, water, is expelled by means of a double acting hand pump. There are two standard capacities, of 11 and 18 〓, each with not less than 1.8 m of hose and a nozzle giving a plain jet of water.
1.2 Where any other standard named in this standard has been declared or endorsed in terms of the Standards Act 1965, then -
(a) Reference to the named standard shall be taken to include any current amendments declared or endorsed in terms of the Standards Act 1965; or
(b) Reference to the named standard shall be read as reference to any standard currently declared or endorsed in terms of the Standards Act 1965 as superseding the named standard, including any current amendments to the superseding standard declared or endorsed in terms of the Standards Act 1965.
NOTE - The date at which an amendment or superseding standard is regarded as "current" is a matter of law depending upon the particular method by which this standard becomes legally enforceable in the case concerned. In general, if this is by contract the relevant date is the date on which the contract is created, but if it is by Act, regulation, or bylaw then the relevant date is that on which the Act, regulation, or bylaw is promulgated; for bylaws, promulgation includes updating by the procedure set out in MP 3801*.