Article 3 Protection from personal liability

This article applies in relation to a combined fire authority which has been constituted by a combination scheme which comprises only new principal areas and which, in accordance with section 23 of the Local Government (Wales) Act 1994, was made before 1st April 1996.

A combined fire authority in relation to which this article applies shall, for the purposes of section 265 of the Public Health Act 1875^f1 and section 39 of the Local Government (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1976^f2 (protection of members and officers etc. from personal liability) be treated as if it were a local authority.