3 Supplementary powers of fire authorities.E+W
(1)The powers of a fire authority shall include power—
(a)to provide accommodation for the fire brigade for their area and its equipment, including housing and other accommodation for members of the brigade and furniture reasonably required for such accommodation;
(b)to pay to persons, not being members of a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of this Act, who render services for fire-fighting purposes such rewards as the authority think fit;
(c)to provide and maintain fire alarms in such positions in any street or public place as they think proper, and to affix any such fire alarm to any wall or fence adjoining astreetor public place;
(d)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, outside their area;
[(dd)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, at sea (whether or not within the territorial sea of the United Kingdom);]
(e)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, for purposes other than fire-fighting purposes for which it appears to the authority to be suitable [(whether in their area, in another authority’s area or at sea (whether or not within the territorial sea of the United Kingdom))] and, if they think fit, to make such charge as they may determine for any services rendered in the course of such employment or use.
[(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;] and—
(a)without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the said powers shall not be exercised in a [district] except after consultation with the council of the [district,]
(b)the said powers shall not be exercised except after consultation with the chief officer of police for the area in which the fire alarms are to be placed.
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(4)Save as expressly provided in this Act, a fire authority shall not make any charge for services rendered by the authority.
[(4A)A fire authority in England or Wales may make a charge for a service which is rendered for fire-fighting purposes—
(a)under subsection (1)(dd) above, and
(b)outside the area of every fire authority in Great Britain.]
(5)A fire authority may be authorised by the [Secretary of State] to purchase compulsorily any land, whether situate within or without the area of the authority, which is required by them for the purposes of their functions under this Act, and the [Acquisition of Land Act 1981], shall apply . . .
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3 Supplementary powers of fire authorities.S
(1)The powers of a fire authority shall include power—
(a)to provide accommodation for the fire brigade for their area and its equipment, including housing and other accommodation for members of the brigade and furniture reasonably required for such accommodation;
(b)to pay to persons, not being members of a fire brigade maintained in pursuance of this Act, who render services for fire-fighting purposes such rewards as the authority think fit;
(c)to provide and maintain fire alarms in such positions in any [road] or public place as they think proper, and to affix any such fire alarm to any wall or fence adjoining a [road] or public place;
(d)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, outside their area;
[(dd)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, at sea (whether or not within the territorial sea of the United Kingdom);]
(e)to employ the fire brigade maintained by them, or use any equipment so maintained, for purposes other than fire-fighting purposes for which it appears to the authority to be suitable and, if they think fit, to make such charge as they may determine for any services rendered in the course of such employment or use.
[(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 the roads authority;][and—
(a)without prejudice to the foregoing provisions of this subsection, the said powers shall not be exercised in a district except after consultation with the council of the district,]
(b)the said powers shall not be exercised except after consultation with the chief officer of police for the area in which the fire alarms are to be placed.
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(4)Save as expressly provided in this Act, a fire authority shall not make any charge for services rendered by the authority.
(5)A fire authority may be authorised by the [Secretary of State] to purchase compulsorily any land, whether situate within or without the area of the authority, which is required by them for the purposes of their functions under this Act, and the [Acquisition of Land Act 1981], shall apply . . .
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