48Fire authorities
(1)The Greater London Council shall be the fire authority for Greater London for the purposes of the Fire Services Acts 1947 to 1959, and accordingly—
(a)references in those Acts to a county and to a county council shall be construed as including references to Greater London and the Greater London Council respectively;
(b)references in any other enactment to a fire authority or to a fire authority constituted by, or for the purposes of, the Fire Services Act 1947 shall, in the application of that enactment to Greater London, be construed as references to the Greater London Council.
(2)Not later than the end of 1964, the Greater London Council shall prepare and submit to the Secretary of State for his approval an establishment scheme for a fire brigade for Greater London under section 19 of the Fire Services Act 1947 to come into force on 1st April 1965, and the Secretary of State shall not later than 15th March 1965 approve that scheme either as submitted or subject to such modifications as he may direct.
(3)The Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act 1865 shall have effect as if references to the Metropolitan Board of Works were references to the Greater London Council and references to the metropolis were references to Greater London other than the outer London boroughs.