# The Civil Defence (Scotland) Regulations 2001, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations–
“the Act” means the Civil Defence Act 1948;
“the 1967 Act” means the Police (Scotland) Act 1967;
“civil defence” means such forms of civil defence as may from time to time be recognised by the Scottish Ministers under section 5 of the Act as appropriate to be undertaken by police forces and their members;
“civil defence functions” means functions conferred on police authorities by regulation 3 below;
“government department” includes the Scottish Administration;
“local authority” means a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;
“police authority” means–
(i) a police authority for a local government area whose area is not included in a combined area by virtue of an amalgamation scheme made under section 19, 20 or 21B of the 1967 Act; or
(ii) a joint police board within the meaning of the 1967 Act.
“regular constable” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(2) of the 1967 Act;
“special constable” has the meaning assigned to it by section 3(2) of the 1967 Act; and
“year” means a financial year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2001/139/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/civil-defence-scotland-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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