23. There shall be transferred—
(a)to the fire brigade members of the fire brigade maintained by Bedfordshire County Council, and
(b)to employment by the Authority persons employed by that council wholly or mainly for the purposes of the fire brigade maintained by that council.
24. The following provisions of the Local Government Act 1972, namely sections 114, 115, 116, 117(1), (2) and (3), 118 and 119, shall apply to the officers and employees of the Authority as if references in those provisions to a local authority, other than references to a parish council, were references to the Authority.