Fire Brigades Act, 1940

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Number 7 of 1940.

FIRE BRIGADES ACT, 1940.

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Obligations and powers of sanitary authorities.
3.	Agreements between sanitary authorities for fire brigade services.
4.	Fire brigades acting outside their district.
5.	Failure of sanitary authority to comply with this Act.
6.	Control of operations at a fire.
7.	Fire precautions notices.
8.	Powers of inspection by sanitary authorities.
9.	Ancillary powers in relation to extinguishing fires.
10.	Powers of Gárda Síochána in relation to traffic.
11.	Penalty for false fire alarms.
12.	Transfer of certain existing fire organisations to sanitary authorities.
13.	Powers of sanitary authority to appoint personnel of fire brigade.
14.	Acquisition of land by sanitary authorities.
15.	Borrowing by sanitary authorities.
16.	Expenses of sanitary authorities.
17.	Expenses of the Minister.
18.	Repeals.
19.	Short title and commencement.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

Transfer of Fire Brigades, etc., from Commissioners of Towns to Sanitary Authorities.

SECOND SCHEDULE.

Enactments Repealed.

Acts Referred to
Local Government Act, 1925	No. 5 of 1925
Local Authorities (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1936	No. 55 of 1936

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Number 7 of 1940.

FIRE BRIGADES ACT, 1940.

AN ACT TO REQUIRE SANITARY AUTHORITIES TO MAKE PROVISION FOR THE EXTINGUISHING OF FIRES OCCURRING IN THEIR SANITARY DISTRICT AND FOR THE PROTECTION AND RESCUE OF PERSONS AND PROPERTY FROM INJURY BY SUCH FIRES AND TO PROVIDE FOR DIVERS MATTERS ANCILLARY TO OR CONNECTED WITH THE MATTERS AFORESAID. [18th April, 1940.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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