Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004

Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 (c. 30)

54 (1) The Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1982 is amended as follows.

(2) In the provisions mentioned in sub-paragraph (3), for “fire authority” (in each place) substitute “fire and rescue authority”.

(3) The provisions are—

(a) in section 9 (application of section 10), subsections (1) and (2);

(b) in section 10 (firemen’s switches for luminous tube signs), subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), (9) and (10).

(4) In section 9(4) (meaning of “fire authority”), for the words from ““fire authority”” to “1947” substitute ““fire and rescue authority” means a fire and rescue authority under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004”.

(5) In section 10, in subsections (3) and (8)(a) for “firemen” substitute “fire-fighters”.