Fire Services Act 1947 (c.41)E+W+S
99(1)The Fire Services Act 1947 is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)In section 3(2) (supplementary powers of fire authorities; provisions as to exercise of power to place fire alarms in public places), for the words from the beginning to “maintaining the road;” or, in Scotland, “of the roads authority;” substitute—
“(2)Before exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1)(c) above in relation to a highway for which they are not the highway authority or, in Scotland, a public road for which they are not the roads authority, a fire authority shall obtain the consent of the highway or roads authority;”.
(3)In section 38(1) (interpretation)—
(a)at the appropriate place insert—
““highway authority” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;”; and
(b)in the definition of “road” for the words “Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950” substitute “ Part IV of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991 ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 8 para. 99 wholly in force: Sch. 8 para. 99(1)(2) in force (S.) at 01.11.1991 see s. 170(1) and S.I. 1991/2286, art. 2(2), Sch. 2; Sch. 8 para. 99(1)(2) in force (E.W.) and Sch. 8 para. 99(3)(a) wholly in force at 01.11.1991 by S.I. 1991/2288, art. 3, Sch.; Sch. 8 para. 99 wholly in force at 1.1.1993 (E.W.) by S.I. 1992/2984, art. 2(2), Sch. 2 and (S.) by S.I. 1992/2990, art. 2(2), Sch. 2