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** a non-metropolitan [[county council (England)]] is the fire and rescue authority for the county;
** a non-metropolitan [[county council (England)]] is the fire and rescue authority for the county;
** a non-metropolitan [[district council (England)]] for an area for which there is no county council is the fire and rescue authority for the area;
** a non-metropolitan [[district council (England)]] for an area for which there is no county council is the fire and rescue authority for the area;
** the {{WDTK|London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority|lfepa}} is the fire and rescue authority for Greater London;
** the {{WDTK|London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority|lfb}} is the fire and rescue authority for Greater London;
** a metropolitan county [[fire and civil defence authority]] is the fire and rescue authority for the county;
** a metropolitan county [[fire and civil defence authority]] is the fire and rescue authority for the county;
** the {{WDTK|Council of the Isles of Scilly|isles_of_scilly}} is the fire and rescue authority for the Isles of Scilly.
** the {{WDTK|Council of the Isles of Scilly|isles_of_scilly}} is the fire and rescue authority for the Isles of Scilly.

Revision as of 19:39, 29 October 2010

FOIA Schedule I includes:

14 - 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

Section 2 of the Act allows the Secretary of State by order to make a scheme constituting a fire and rescue authority for the combined area of two or more existing fire and rescue authorities. One such scheme seems to have been made:

Section 4 of the Act applies to schemes made under sections 5 and 6 of the 1947 c. 41({{#formlink:form=Legislation|link text=add|query string=Legislation[Type]=ukpga&Legislation[Year]=1947&Legislation[Number]=41}}). Such schemes have been made by the following orders:

In areas not covered by a combined authority, the fire and rescue authority is determined by section 1 of the 2004 Act: