[F113(1)SFRS may do anything that it considers appropriate for the purposes of, or in connection with, the carrying out of its functions.S
(2)SFRS may in particular—
(a)enter into contracts,
(b)borrow money,
(c)acquire and dispose of land and other property,
(d)with the authorisation of the Scottish Ministers, purchase compulsorily land,
(e)form or promote (whether alone or with another) companies under the Companies Act 2006 (c.46).
(3)SFRS may not exercise the power in sub-paragraph (2)(b) or (e) without the consent of the Scottish Ministers.
(4)For the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) consent may be given—
(a)with respect to a particular case or class of case,
(b)subject to such conditions as the Scottish Ministers consider appropriate.
(5)The power in sub-paragraph (2)(c) includes the power to accept, on such conditions as SFRS considers appropriate—
(a)gifts of money, and
(b)gifts or loans of other property.
(6)The powers in sub-paragraph (2)(c) and (d) to acquire and purchase land include power to acquire a servitude or other right in or over land by the creation of a new right.
(7)The Acquisition of Land (Authorisation Procedure) (Scotland) Act 1947 (c.42) applies in relation to the compulsory purchase of land under sub-paragraph (2)(d) as if—
(a)that sub-paragraph were contained in an Act in force immediately before the commencement of that Act, and
(b)SFRS were a local authority.]
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. 1A inserted (8.8.2012) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), ss. 101(2), 129(1)(b) (with s. 122(4))