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*"The Fire Services Act, 1951". Halsbury's Statutes of England. Second Edition. Butterworths & Co (Publishers) Ltd. Bell Yard, Temple Bar. London. 1951
Volume 30: Continuation Volume 1951
Pages 86 to 88. See also pages 78 and 543. *Halsbury's Statutes of England. Third Edition. Volume 13. Page 735. *J T Edgerley, A D Yonge and A N C Shelley (eds). "The Fire Services Act, 1951" in "Fire Protection". Local Government Law and Administration in England and Wales. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1952
Volume 29
Pages 225 to 227. See also pages v, 604 and 607. *"Fire Services Act 1951 and Statutory Instruments", The Journal, The Institute of Civil Defence
vols 13 & 14
*Halsbury's Laws of England. Fourth Edition. Butterworths. London. 1977
Volume 18
Paragraphs 402, 465, 490 and 492 at pages 26, 193, 231, 244 and 246. *Halsbury's Laws of England. (The Laws of England). Third Edition. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. London. 1952
Volume 17
Pages xix, 250, 270, 271, 277 and 278. *The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia. The Law Society of Scotland. Edinburgh. 1990
Volume 10
Paragraphs 1406, 1408 and 1443 at pages 709 and 711. *Halsbury's Statutory Instruments. Butterworths. London. 1986
Volume 9
Title "Fire Services". Pages 4, 6 and 12. *Halsbury's Statutory Instruments. Butterworth & Co (Publishers) Ltd. 1981
Volume 12
Page 333.

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* {{Authority control United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 1951 Repealed United Kingdom Acts of Parliament