Part 1Fire and rescue authorities
F1Fire and rescue authority involving police and crime commissioner
C1C2C34APower to provide for police and crime commissioner to be fire and rescue authority
1
The Secretary of State may by order provide—
a
for the creation of a corporation sole as the fire and rescue authority for the area specified in the order, and
b
for the person who is for the time being the police and crime commissioner for the relevant police area to be for the time being that fire and rescue authority.
2
In subsection (1) “the relevant police area” means the police area which—
a
is the same as the area of the fire and rescue authority created by the order, or
b
if the order creates two or more fire and rescue authorities, is the same as the areas of those authorities taken together.
3
The whole of an area of a fire and rescue authority created by an order under this section must be—
a
within England, and
b
outside the metropolitan police district and the City of London police area.
4
An order under this section may be made only if the relevant police and crime commissioner has submitted a proposal for the order to the Secretary of State.
5
An order under this section may be made only if it appears to the Secretary of State that—
a
it is in the interests of economy, efficiency and effectiveness for the order to be made, or
b
it is in the interests of public safety for the order to be made.
6
The Secretary of State may not make an order under this section in a case within subsection (5)(a) if the Secretary of State thinks that the order would have an adverse effect on public safety.
7
In this section “relevant police and crime commissioner” has the same meaning as in Schedule A1; and that Schedule makes further provision about the procedure for an order under this section.
S. 4A-4M and crossheading inserted (31.1.2017 for specified purposes, 3.4.2017 in so far as not already in force) by Policing and Crime Act 2017 (c. 3), s. 183(1)(5)(e), Sch. 1 para. 5; S.I. 2017/399, reg. 2, Sch. para. 38