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These Regulations may be cited as the Combined Fire Authorities (Secure Tenancies) (England) Regulations 1998, and shall come into force on 8th October 1998.
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In these Regulations “the 1947 Act” means the Fire Services Act 1947, and “combination scheme” means a combination scheme under that Act.
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(1) Where, by virtue of section 18(3) of the Local Government Act 1992, an order under section 17 of that Act provides, or has provided–
(a) that, subject to any combination scheme, a district is to become the area of a fire authority for the purposes of the 1947 Act; or
(b) that, for the purposes of the making of any combination scheme, the area of a district is to be treated as an area which would become the area of a fire authority by virtue of the order;
paragraph (2) below shall apply in relation to a combined fire authority constituted by a combination scheme which includes such an area.
(2) A combined fire authority constituted by such a combination scheme shall, for the purposes of the application of section 80 of the Housing Act 1985 (the landlord conditions), be treated as if it were a local authority.
George Howarth
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State
Home Office
5th September 1998