Paragraph 8

In the County of Merseyside Act 1980—

(a)

in section 57 (oil-burning equipment)—

(i)

in subsection (2), in paragraph (a), for “The county council” there shall be substituted “A district council, after consultation with the fire authority”, and in paragraph (d), for “county”, in both places where that word occurs, there shall be substituted “district”;

(ii)

in subsection (6), for the words “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”;

(b)

in Part IX (storage of flammable material) in sections 60, 61, 62 and 64 for “county council”, wherever those words occur, there shall be substituted “fire authority”,

(c)

in section 132 (appeals to Secretary of State), in subsections (1) and (4) for “local authority”, wherever those words occur there shall be substituted “district council or, in the case of an appeal under section 61, the fire authority” and in subsection (3) for “county council” there shall be substituted “fire authority”.