(1)Section 3 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) (fire authority: supplementary powers) shall be amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (1)(e) (purposes other than fire-fighting) after “suitable” insert “(whether in their area, in another authority’s area or at sea (whether or not within the territorial sea of the United Kingdom))”.
(3)After subsection (4) (charges) insert—
“(4A)A fire authority in England or Wales may make a charge for a service which is rendered for fire-fighting purposes—
(a)under subsection (1)(dd) above, and
(b)outside the area of every fire authority in Great Britain.”
(4)At the end of section 37 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (c. 41) (Isles of Scilly) there shall be added “; and for the purposes of section 3(4A) the Council is a fire authority in England.”