Part 1Fire and rescue authorities

F2Fire and rescue authorities

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
F2

S. 1 crossheading inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 2; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38

I1I21Fire and rescue authorities

1

The fire and rescue authority for an area is the authority determined under this section.

2

In England—

a

a non-metropolitan county council is the fire and rescue authority for the county;

b

a non-metropolitan district council for an area for which there is no county council is the fire and rescue authority for the area;

c

the F1London Fire Commissioner is the fire and rescue authority for Greater London;

d

a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority is the fire and rescue authority for the county;

e

the Council of the Isles of Scilly is the fire and rescue authority for the Isles of Scilly.

3

In Wales—

a

a county council is the fire and rescue authority for the county;

b

a county borough council is the fire and rescue authority for the county borough.

4

This section is subject to F3—

a

sections 2 and 4 (schemes constituting combined fire and rescue authorities for particular areas), and

b

sections 4A and 4B (orders providing for police and crime commissioners to be fire and rescue authorities).

F45

This section is also subject to—

a

an order under Part 6 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction Act 2009 which transfers the functions of a fire and rescue authority to a combined authority established under section 103 of that Act;

b

an order under Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the Levelling-up and Regeneration Act 2023 which transfers the functions of a fire and rescue authority to a combined county authority established under section 9(1) of that Act.