§ FIRE SERVICES
§ Amendment made:
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No. 1117, in page 131, line 10, at end insert:
'(4) In subsection (5) of section 8 of the Fire Services Act 1947 (audit of accounts of combined fire authorities) for the words from "subject to audit" to the end of the subsection there shall be substituted the words "audited in such manner as may be prescribed by the combination scheme, and for that purpose a combination scheme may apply, in relation to the accounts of the fire authority constituted by it, all or any of the provisions of Part VIII of the Local Government Act 1972 relating to accounts and audit, subject to such adaptations and modifications as may be prescribed by the scheme." '.—[Mr. Speed.]