Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. IV (ss. 23–42) extended by S.I. 1987/2110, art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 8
(1)On the appointed day there shall be established for each metropolitan county a body corporate to be known by the name of that county with the addition of the words “Fire and Civil Defence Authority”.
(2)The authorities established by this section shall be known as metropolitan county fire and civil defence authorities.
(3)Each metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority shall consist of members of the constituent councils appointed by them to be members of the authority.
(4)The constituent councils in relation to a metropolitan county fire and civil defence authority shall be the councils of the metropolitan districts comprised in the county.