Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order varies the three Welsh Combined Fire Services Schemes of 1995 (“the Schemes”). These are the Mid and West Wales Fire Services Combination Scheme, the North Wales Fire Services Combination Scheme and the South Wales Fire Services Combination Scheme set out in the Schedules to respectively S.I. 1995/3229, S.I. 1995/3218 and S.I. 1995/3230.
Article 2 varies each of the Schemes by providing that each combined fire and rescue authority in Wales may hold financial reserves.