Fire Services Act 1947

Section 8.

FIRST SCHEDULE Making, Approval and Variation of Establishment Schemes and Management Schemes for Counties.

1 (1) A fire authority proposing to make an establishment scheme to which this Schedule applies or a management scheme shall, before making the scheme send to the council of every county district comprised in the area of the authority a copy of a draft of the proposed scheme and shall take into consideration any representations made by the council of any such county district before the expiration of one month from the sending of the copy to that council.

(2) A scheme made in accordance with the last foregoing sub-paragraph may be made either in terms of the draft therein referred to or with such modifications as appear to the fire authority expedient having regard to any representations duly made, and on the submission of any such scheme to the Secretary of State for his approval the fire authority shall forward with the scheme any such representations as aforesaid.

2 Before approving any scheme submitted in accordance with the last foregoing paragraph the Secretary of State shall consider any representations of the council of a county district which have been forwarded to him with the scheme, and any observations he has received from that council or from the fire authority relating thereto.

3 In relation to a fire authority (other than the London County Council) which is the council of a county, subsection (5) of section nineteen of this Act shall have effect—

(a) as if in paragraph (b) thereof after the words " the Secretary of State " there were inserted the words " whether on the representations of the council of any county district comprised in the area of the fire authority or otherwise ; "

(b) as if after the words " after affording to the fire authority " there were inserted the words " and to the council of any such county district as aforesaid. "