The Civil Defence (Grant) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1987

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations further amend the Civil Defence (Grant) (Scotland) Regulations 1953 (“the principal Regulations”).

Regulation 3 substitutes a new regulation for regulation 1 of the principal Regulations. The substituted regulation differs from its predecessor in two respects. Firstly it includes references to police authorities, not just local authorities, as bodies whose expenses in the discharge of civil defence functions are to be the subject of grant aid. Secondly it substitutes, in place of the previous proviso, a new statement of the circumstances in which grant will not be payable, namely where the authority concerned would have incurred relevant expenses in the exercise of non-civil defence functions.

Regulation 4 amends regulation 6 of the principal Regulations by adding an additional condition, failure to fulfil which may result in withholding of grant. The condition relates to the provision to the designated Minister (the Secretary of State by virtue of the proviso to section 9(2) of the Civil Defence Act 1948 and the absence of any relevant Order in Council under section 9) of such information, records, etc. as he may require in connection with the exercise of the authority’s civil defence functions.

Regulation 5 amends the Schedule to the principal Regulations which sets out the expenses which are completely reimbursed by way of grant. (All expenses other than those set out in that Schedule are grant aided to the extent of three-quarters). The amendment secures that the expenses incurred by local and police authorities in employing staff for civil defence purposes and by police authorities in using the services of police officers for the purpose of discharging those authorities' civil defence functions are the subject of complete reimbursement. By virtue of regulation 6, the new provision for complete reimbursement does not have effect in relation to expenses incurred before 1 April 1987.