PART 2General
The combined area
3. The areas of the Dorset Fire Authority and the Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority shall be combined and shall become the combined area.
The combined fire and rescue authority
4.—(1) There shall be constituted as the fire and rescue authority for the combined area a body corporate to be known as the Dorset and Wiltshire Fire and Rescue Authority.
(2) The Authority shall be constituted in accordance with the provisions of Part 3 of this Scheme.
Financial provision
5.—(1) The Dorset Fire Authority and the Wiltshire and Swindon Fire Authority (“the existing authorities”) must meet the costs of the Authority incurred for the purposes of bringing the Scheme into full operation on 1st April 2016.
(2) The amount payable by the existing authorities is to be determined by apportioning the costs of the Authority equally between the existing authorities.