Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

The Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5)

1 (1) The Civil Defence Act 1948 shall be amended as follows.

(2) In subsection (1)(b) of section 1 (civil defence functions of Ministers), for “fire brigades” substitute “employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)”.

(3) In section 5 (civil defence obligations)—

(a) for “and fire brigades” substitute “, employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5))”;

(b) the words “and brigades” are repealed; and

(c) for “respectively” substitute “and by employees of relevant authorities (as so defined)”.

(4) In section 9(1) (interpretation) the definition of “fire brigade” is repealed.