4.—(1) Each Cleveland borough shall, subject to any combination scheme under the Fire Services Act 1947 (“the 1947 Act”)(1), become the area of a fire authority for the purposes of that Act.
(2) For the purposes of the making of a combination scheme with respect to Cleveland before the reorganisation date in accordance with section 10 of the 1947 Act (power to make schemes in advance of alterations to local government areas), section 5(2) of that Act shall have effect, in relation to Cleveland, as if—
(a)in paragraphs (a) and (d) of that subsection, for “the constituent authorities”, wherever those words occur, there were substituted “the council of the county of Cleveland”; and
(b)in paragraphs (e) and (f) of that subsection, for “any of the constituent authorities” there were substituted “the council of the county of Cleveland”.
(3) Section 10 of the 1947 Act shall have effect, in relation to Cleveland, as if after the word “but” there were inserted the words “, except so far as it relates to the constitution of an authority as the fire authority for the combined areas constituted by the scheme and the performance by that authority of any functions necessary for bringing the scheme into full operation on that date,”.
1947 c. 41; section 10 of this Act is amended by paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the Local Government Act 1992.