http://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/2929/article/59The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Wales) Order 2005Fire and rescue servicesFireFire certificatesVehiclesHealth and safety at workFIRE AND RESCUE SERVICES, WALESStatute Law Database2026-03-17Expert Participation2007-04-06 The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 received Royal Assent on 22 July 2004 and most of its provisions were commenced in Wales on 10th November 2004. This Order makes consequential amendments predominantly to secondary legislation in relation to Wales — in particular by updating existing references to “fire authorities”, “fire brigades” and “the Fire Services Act 1947”. 59 In regulation 2 of the Local Government Investigations (Functions of Monitoring Officers and Standards Committees) (Wales) Regulations 2001 (interpretation), in the definition of “relevant authority” for the words “a fire authority constituted by a combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947” substitute “a fire and rescue authority constituted by a scheme under section 2 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 or a scheme to which section 4 of that Act applies”. S.I. 2001/2281 (W.171). Art. 59 in force at 25.10.2005, see art. 1(1)