Part 1

Fire and rescue authorities

Powers of certain fire and rescue authorities

Powers of certain fire and rescue authorities
5A
1
A relevant fire and rescue authority may do—
a
anything it considers appropriate for the purposes of the carrying-out of any of its functions (its “functional purposes”),
b
anything it considers appropriate for purposes incidental to its functional purposes,
c
anything it considers appropriate for purposes indirectly incidental to its functional purposes through any number of removes,
d
anything it considers to be connected with—
i
any of its functions, or
ii
anything it may do under paragraph (a), (b) or (c), and
e
for a commercial purpose anything which it may do under any of paragraphs (a) to (d) otherwise than for a commercial purpose.
2
A relevant fire and rescue authority's power under subsection (1) is in addition to, and is not limited by, the other powers of the authority.
3
In this section “
relevant fire and rescue authority
” means a fire and rescue authority that is—
a
a metropolitan county fire and rescue authority,
b
the London Fire Commissioner,
c
constituted by a scheme under section 2, ...
d
constituted by a scheme to which section 4 applies
, or
e
created by an order under section 4A.
Ss. 5A-5L inserted (18.2.2012 for specified purposes, 1.4.2012 in so far as not already in force) by Localism Act 2011 (c. 20), ss. 9(1), 240(4)(a); S.I. 2012/411, art. 2(c); S.I. 2012/887, art. 2(a)
S. 5A(3)(b) substituted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 1.4.2018 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 2 para. 112; S.I. 2018/227, reg. 4(c)
S. 5A 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. 6; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38
Word in s. 5A(3)(c) omitted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by virtue of Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 7(a); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38
S. 5A(3)(e) and word 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. 7(b); S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38