Fire (Scotland) Act 2005

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(1)In this Act––

  • local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39); and “area” in relation to a local authority, means the local government area for which the authority is constituted,

  • SFRS” has the meaning given by section 1A(1).

(2)References in this Act to the area of SFRS are to be construed as references to Scotland, but taking the seaward boundary of the area to be the low water mark.]

Textual Amendments

F1S. 86A inserted (1.4.2013) by Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (asp 8), s. 129(2), Sch. 7 para. 68(27); S.S.I. 2013/51, art. 2 (with transitional provisions and savings in S.S.I. 2013/121)