Minor and consequential Amendments
Fire and Rescue Services Bill
4:00 pm
Mr Phil Hope (Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Office of the Deputy Prime Minister; Corby, Labour/Co-operative)
The amendments will ensure that the Welsh Assembly is able to specify operation of the best-value regime for fire and rescue authorities in Wales, in line with the Government's commitment to devolve responsibility for the service in Wales, as set out in the White Paper. The amendments will bring Welsh combined fire authorities within the definition of a best-value authority as defined in section 1 of the Local Government Act 1999. Amendments Nos. 179 and 180 are a consequence of bringing Welsh combined fire authorities into the best-value definition, and they will repeal a now superfluous section of the 1999 Act.
Amendment agreed to.
Amendments made: No. 173, in
schedule 1, page 44, line 38, leave out
'of the Local Government Act 1999'.
No. 174, in
schedule 1, page 44, line 43, at end insert—
'85A In section 29(2)(a) (modifications of Part 1 for Wales: authorities which are not best value authorities) omit ''or (e)''.'.
No. 175, in
schedule 1, page 46, line 21, leave out from 'general)' to end of line 25 and insert
'omit paragraph (b) and the word ''or'' immediately preceding it.'.—[Phil Hope.]
Schedule 1, as amended, agreed to.
Clause 52 ordered to stand part of the Bill.