Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865

1. Introductory Text

2. Preliminary

   1. 1. Short Title.

   2. 2. Definition of "Metropolis" and "Insurance Company".

   3. 3. Definition of "Metropolis Local Management Acts."

3. Establishment and Duties of Fire Brigade

   1. 4. Duty of Metropolitan Board in relation to Fires.

   2. 5. Purchase of Buildings and Land.

   3. 6. Transfer of Plant of existing Fire Offices.

   4. 7. Constitution of Fire Brigade.

   5. 8. Salaries of Fire Brigade.

   6. 9. Power to make Regulations for Fire Brigade.

   7. 10. Compensation to Parish Officers.

   8. 11. As to Purchase of Fire Escapes.

   9. 12. As to Powers of Fire Brigade.

4. Expenses

   1. 13. Contributions by Insurance Offices.

   2. 14. Mode of enforcing Contributions.

   3. 15. Mode of ascertaining Proportions of Contribution.

   4. 16. Penalty on Insurance Company not making Return.

   5. 17. Examination of Books of Insurance Companies.

   6. 18. Contributions by Government towards Expense of Brigade.

   7. 19. Expenses of Act not specially provided for.

   8. 20. Penalty on Nonpayment of Rate by Overseers.

   9. 21. Power to Board, with Consent of Treasury, to borrow not exceeding 40,000l.

5. Miscellaneous

   1. 22. Power to turn discharged Officers or Men out of Houses provided for them.

   2. 23. Penalty where Chimneys are on fire.

   3. 24. Recovery of Penalties.

   4. 25. Summary-Proceedings for determining certain Matters.

   5. 26. Extension of Powers given to Two Justices.

   6. 27. Audit of Accounts, and Report by Board.

   7. 28. Power to delegate Powers of Board to a Committee.

   8. 29. Establishment of Salvage Force by Insurance Offices.

   9. 30. Brigade when employed beyond the Metropolis, or on special Services.

   10. 31. Board to send Information of Fires to Offices.

   11. 32. Transfer to Board of Powers of Parishes as to Fireplugs.

   12. 33. Definition of "Owner".

6. Repeal

   1. 34. Partial Repeal of unrepealed Sections of 14 G.3 c.78.

   2. 35. Partial Repeal of 3 & 4 W.4 c.90.