Fire Services Act, 1981
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PART II Organisation of Fire Services | ||
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Fire authorities. |
9.—(1) Each of the following local authorities shall be a fire authority for the purposes of this Act— | |
(a) the council of a county, | ||
(b) the corporation of a county borough, | ||
(c) the Corporation of Dun Laoghaire, | ||
(d) subject to subsection (2), the corporation of any other borough and the council of any urban district which has established and is maintaining a fire brigade at the commencement of this section. | ||
(2) Where the Minister by order provides that subsection (1) (d) shall cease to apply to a particular corporation or council that body shall cease to be a fire authority on the day specified in that behalf in the order. | ||
(3) The functional area of a fire authority shall be— | ||
(a) in the case of the council of a county, the administrative county, excluding any borough or urban district, the corporation or council of which is for the time being a fire authority; | ||
(b) in the case of any other local authority, its administrative area. | ||
(4) References in any enactment to a fire brigade authority, as defined in the Fire Brigades Act, 1940 , shall be construed as references to a fire authority. |