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Fire Services Act 1959

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1Repeal of certain provisions as to exercise of functions by fire authorities

The following provisions of the principal Act shall cease to have effect, that is to say.—

(a)subsection (3) of section one (which enables the Secretary of State to prescribe standards of efficiency);

(b)subsection (3) of section three (which restricts the employment of fire brigades and equipment for purposes other than fire fighting);

(c)section twenty (which requires county councils to have fire brigade committees constituted in accordance with management schemes approved by the Secretary of State) ;

(d)the First Schedule (which requires an opportunity to be given to councils of county districts of making representations concerning draft establishment or management schemes).

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