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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1774",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Defence (General Local Authority Functions) (Scotland) Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-general-local-authority-functions-scotland-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "In these Regulations, unless the context otherwise requires–\n“area”, in relation to a local authority, means region, islands area or district, as the case may be;\n“region”, “islands area” and “district” have the same meanings as in the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973; and\n“relevant regional council”, in relation to a district council, means the council of the region in which the area of the district council is situated.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1973 c. 65."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/1996/739",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Transitional and Consequential Provisions and Revocations) (Scotland) Order 1996"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1774/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:53:43.239069+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}