{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-combined-fire-area-administration-amendment-no3-scheme-order-1990/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-combined-fire-area-administration-amendment-no3-scheme-order-1990/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1990/663",
  "legislation_title": "The Northern Combined Fire Area Administration (Amendment) (No.3) Scheme Order 1990",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/northern-combined-fire-area-administration-amendment-no3-scheme-order-1990",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "FIRE SERVICES\nMade 16th March 1990\nComing into force 1st April 1990\nWHEREAS in pursuance of section 36(3) of the Fire Services Act 1947 the councils of the Highland Region, Orkney Islands, Western Isles Islands and Shetland Islands comprised within the Northern Combined Fire Area submitted to the Secretary of State an administration scheme for the provision in the combined area of the services required by section 1 of that Act;\nAND WHEREAS that scheme (“the principal scheme”) was approved by, and set out in the Schedule to, the Northern Combined Fire Area Administration Scheme Order 1975;\nAND WHEREAS the said councils have submitted to the Secretary of State a scheme for the amendment of the principal scheme under sub-section (3) as read with sub-section (7) of said section 36;\nNOW THEREFORE the Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (3) as read with sub-section (7) of said section 36, and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1947 c. 41; section 36(3) was substituted by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 (c. 65), section 147(2)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1975/829, as amended by S.I. 1982/232 and 1983/282."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1990/663/introduction",
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}