ANNO VICESIMO OCTAVO & VICESIMO NONO
VICTORIÆ REGINÆ.
CAP. XC.
An Act for the Establishment of a Fire Brigade within the Metropolis. [5th July, 1865.]
Whereas it is expedient to make further provision for the protection of life and property from fire within the metropolis: Be it enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:
Preliminary.
1. This Act may be cited for all purposes as the "Metropolitan Fire Brigade Act, 1865."
2. For the purposes of this Act the "Metropolis" shall mean the City of London and all other parishes and places for the time being within the jurisdiction of the Metropolitan Board of Works:
"Insurance Company" shall include any persons corporate or unincorporate, or any person carrying on the business of fire insurance.
3. The expression "Metropolis Local Management Acts" shall mean the Acts following; that is to say, "The Metropolis Management Act, 1855," "The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1856," and "The Metropolis Management Amendment Act, 1862."