The Local Government Reorganisation (Miscellaneous Provision) (No. 4) Order 1986

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1 ENACTMENTS RELATING TO FIRE SERVICES

1.  In the London County Council (General Powers) Act 1984(1), in section 4 (agreements as to use of fire hydrants), for “Council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

2.  In the Middlesex County Council Act 1956(2) in section 43 (byelaws for prevention of fire risks) for “The Council” there shall be substituted “A borough council, after Consultation with the fire authority,” and the provisions of that section shall become subsection (1) of that section and after those provisions there shall be inserted—

“(2) In subsection (1) “borough council” means the council of the London borough of Barnet, Brent, Ealing, Enfield, Haringey, Harrow, Hillingdon, Hounslow or Richmond upon Thames and the power conferred by that subsection shall be exercisable as respects such part of a borough as immediately before 1st April 1965 was comprised in the county of Middlesex.”

3.  In the East Ham Corporation Act 1957(3) in sections 61(1), 62(1), 63(3), 64(1)(a) and 90, and, in section 161, in its application to section 90, for references to the Greater London Council, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted references to the fire authority.

4.  In the Kent County Council Act 1958(4), in sections 61, 62, 63 and 64(1), in their application to the London boroughs of Bexley and Bromley, and, in section 65, in its application to Greater London, for references to the Greater London Council, wherever they occur, there shall be substituted references to the fire authority.

5.  In the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1968(5), in Part III (storage of flammable material), in sections 16, 17, 19, 20, 21 and 24 and, in Part VIII (night cafes), in sections 49(4) and 51(1)(b), for “Council”, wherever that word occurs, there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

6.  In the Greater London Council (General Powers) Act 1975, in section 3 (protection for fire brigade in respect of certain substances) for “Council”, wherever that word occurs, there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

7.  In the Tyne and Wear Act 1976, in section 57 (firemen's switches for luminous tube signs), for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

8.  In the County of Merseyside Act 1980—

(a) in section 57 (oil-burning equipment)—

(i) in subsection (2), in paragraph (a), for “The county council” there shall be substituted “A district council, after consultation with the fire authority”, and in paragraph (d), for “county”, in both places where that word occurs, there shall be substituted “district”;

(ii) in subsection (6), for the words “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(b) in Part IX (storage of flammable material) in sections 60, 61, 62 and 64 for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”,

(c) in section 132 (appeals to Secretary of State), in subsections (1) and (4) for “local authority”, wherever those words occur there shall be substituted “district council or, in the case of an appeal under section 61, the fire authority” and in subsection (3) for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

9.  In the West Midlands County Council Act 1980

(a) in section 47 (oil-burning equipment)—

(i) in subsection (2), in paragraph (a), for “The county council” there shall be substituted “A district council, after consultation with the fire authority,”, and in that paragraph and in paragraph (d) for “county”, wherever that word occurs, there shall be substituted “district”;

(ii) in subsection (6), in paragraph (b), for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(b) In Part VII (storage of flammable material), in sections 54, 55, 56 and 58 for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(c) in section 112 (appeals to Secretary of State), in subsections (1) and (4), for “local authority”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “district council or, in the case of an appeal under section 55, the fire authority” and in subsection (3) for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

10.  In the West Yorkshire Act 1980, in section 2, the definition of “fire authority” shall be omitted.

11.  In the South Yorkshire Act 1980—

(a) in section 59 (oil-burning equipment)—

(i) in subsection (2), in paragraph (a), for “The county council” there shall be substituted “A district council” and in that sub-paragraph and in sub-paragraphs (d) and (e) for “county”, wherever that word occurs, there shall be substituted “district” and in sub-paragraph (d) after “consult” there shall be inserted “the fire authority and”;

(ii) in subsection (6), in paragraph (b), for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(b) in Part VII (storage of flammable material'), in sections 62, 63, 64 and 66 for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(c) in section 100 (appeals to Secretary of State), in subsections (1) and (4) for “local authority”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “district council or, in the case of an appeal under section 63, the fire authority”, and in subsection (3) for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”.

12.  In the Greater Manchester Act 1981—

(a) in Part VIII (storage of flammable material), in sections 69, 70, 71 and 73 for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(b) in section 172 (appeals to Secretary of State), in subsections (1) and (4) for “local authority”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “district council or, in the case of an appeal under section 70, fire authority”, and in subsection (3) for “county council” there shall be substituted the words “fire authority”.

(1)

amended by S.I. 1965/540.

(2)

amended by S.I. 1965/540.

(3)

amended by S.I. 1965/509.

(4)

amended by S.I. 1965/531, 540.

(5)

Part III was amended by the Greater London Council (General Powers) (No. 2) Act 1978 (c.xxvi), section 3; and section 49(4) was repealed in part by section 102 of, and Schedule 17 to, the Local Government Act 1985.