The Mid and West Wales Fire Services (Combination Scheme) Order 1995

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order makes a Scheme which combines the areas of the following new principal councils in Mid and West Wales, namely Cardiganshire County Council, Carmarthenshire County Council, Neath and Port Talbot County Borough Council, Pembrokeshire County Council, Powys County Council and Swansea County Council (which would otherwise become individual fire authorities on 1st April 1996 by virtue of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994) into a combined fire area. The scheme comes into force on the same day as the Order comes into force for the purpose of doing anything which is necessary to bring the scheme fully into operation on 1st April 1996. The scheme establishes a fire authority for the combined area, to be known as the Mid and West Wales Fire Authority or Awdurdod Tân Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru, and provides for the appointment and terms of office of its members, and for meetings of the Authority. The scheme establishes a fire brigade for the combined area, to be known as the Mid and West Wales Fire Brigade or Brigâd Dân Canolbarth a Gorllewin Cymru, appoints its first chief officer, and provides for the submission of an establishment scheme to the Secretary of State. The scheme establishes a combined fire service fund and provides for the administration of the Authority’s finances (including payment of compensation). The scheme also provides for the transfer of staff, and certain property, rights and liabilities from Dyfed, Powys and West Glamorgan county councils (the fire authorities for the area prior to 1st April 1996) to the new combined authority.