2In section 10 of that Act (schemes for combination of fire areas in advance of alterations of local government areas)—
(a)for the words from “constituting” to “a county” there shall be substituted the words “or Part II of the Local Government Act 1992 affecting any area”;
(b)for the words “that date” there shall be substituted the words “the date on which that order gives effect to any transfer of functions or alteration of boundaries in relation to that area”; and
(c)for the words from “as if” onwards there shall be substituted the words “as if—
(a)references to the area of a fire authority included references to any area which (apart from any combination scheme under this section) would become such an area by virtue of such an order or which, in accordance with such an order, is to be treated, for the purposes of the making of any combination scheme, as an area which would become the area of a fire authority by virtue of that order; and
(b)references, in relation to such an area, to the fire authority were references to the fire authority for any area the whole or any part of which will be included in that area.”