Power to provide defibrilators

Public Health Act 1936 s234

"A local authority may provide life-saving appliances at such places, whether places used for bathing or not, as they think fit."

To then purchase replacement pads and other items to enable that power to be exercised may require S.111 Local Government Act 1972 

111Subsidiary powers of local authorities.

(1)Without prejudice to any powers exercisable apart from this section but subject to the provisions of this Act and any other enactment passed before or after this Act, a local authority shall have power to do any thing (whether or not involving the expenditure, borrowing or lending of money or the acquisition or disposal of any property or rights) which is calculated to facilitate, or is conducive or incidental to, the discharge of any of their functions.

(2)For the purposes of this section, transacting the business of a parish or community meeting or any other parish or community business shall be treated as a function of the parish or community council.

(3)A local authority shall not by virtue of this section raise money, whether by means of rates, precepts or borrowing, or lend money except in accordance with the enactments relating to those matters respectively.

(4)In this section “local authority” includes the Common Council.