# New Roads and Street Works Act 1991, Paragraph 99


(1) The Fire Services Act 1947 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 3(2) (supplementary powers of fire authorities; provisions as to exercise of power to place fire alarms in public places), for the words from the beginning to “maintaining the road;” or, in Scotland, “of the roads authority;” substitute—
“(2) Before exercising the powers conferred by subsection (1)(c) above in relation to a highway for which they are not the highway authority or, in Scotland, a public road for which they are not the roads authority, a fire authority shall obtain the consent of the highway or roads authority;”.
(3) In section 38(1) (interpretation)—
(a) at the appropriate place insert—
““highway authority” has the same meaning as in the Highways Act 1980;”; and
(b) in the definition of “road” for the words “Public Utilities Street Works Act 1950” substitute “Part IV of the New Roads and Street Works Act 1991”.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1991/22/schedule/8/paragraph/99 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-roads-and-street-works-act-1991/schedule-8/paragraph-99
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.