The Fire Services Act 1951 ( 14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 27) was an Act of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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, which extended only to Great Britain.
The Act amended parts of the
Fire Services Act 1947
The Fire Services Act 1947 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom. It disbanded the National Fire Service and returned the responsibility for running fire services to local authoriti ...
which dealt with the Firemen's Pension Scheme; it did not directly concern fire-fighting or the organisation of fire brigades in Great Britain.
The Act was repealed both in
Scotland
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and in
England and Wales
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by section 54 of, and Schedule 2 to, the
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c 21), sometimes abbreviated as FRSA 2004, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It came into effect on 1 October 2004. It only applies to Great Britain and most provisions apply only in Engl ...
.
See also
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Fire Services Act 1947
The Fire Services Act 1947 was an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised fire services in the United Kingdom. It disbanded the National Fire Service and returned the responsibility for running fire services to local authoriti ...
Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004
The Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 (c 21), sometimes abbreviated as FRSA 2004, is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
It came into effect on 1 October 2004. It only applies to Great Britain and most provisions apply only in Engl ...
*John Burke and Clifford Walsh (eds). "Fire Services Act, 1951". Current Law Statutes Annotated 1951. Sweet & Maxwell. Stevens & Sons. London. W Green & Son. Edinburgh. 1951. Chapter 27 Google *"The Fire Services Act, 1951". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Butterworths & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Bell Yard, Temple Bar. London. 1951 Volume 30: Continuation Volume 1951 Pages 86 to 88. See also pages 78 and 543.
*Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 13. Page 735.
*J T Edgerley, A D Yonge and A N C Shelley (eds). "The Fire Services Act, 1951" in "Fire Protection". Local Government Law and Administration in England and Wales. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1952 Volume 29 Pages 225 to 227. See also pages v, 604 and 607.
*"Fire Services Act 1951 and Statutory Instruments", The Journal, The Institute of Civil Defence vols 13 & 14 *Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Butterworths. London. 1977 Volume 18 Paragraphs 402, 465, 490 and 492 at pages 26, 193, 231, 244 and 246.
*Halsbury's Laws of England. (The Laws of England). Third Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1952 Volume 17 Pages xix, 250, 270, 271, 277 and 278.
*The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. The Law Society of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1990 Volume 10 Paragraphs 1406, 1408 and 1443 at pages 709 and 711.
*Halsbury's Statutory Instruments. Butterworths. London. 1986 Volume 9 Title "Fire Services". Pages 4, 6 and 12.
*Halsbury's Statutory Instruments. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1981 Volume 12 Page 333.