{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-protection-in-peacetime-act-1986-repealed/section-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-protection-in-peacetime-act-1986-repealed/section-1.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/22",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Protection in Peacetime Act 1986 (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-protection-in-peacetime-act-1986-repealed",
  "path": "section/1",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Preliminary.",
  "text": "(1) This Act applies to any local authority within the meaning of the Civil Defence Act 1948 on whom any functions are for the time being conferred under section 2 (civil defence functions) of that Act including, by virtue of section 4A of that Act, any two or more local authorities jointly and a joint board and joint committee; and in the following provisions of this Act “local authority” means a local authority or, as the case may be, the local authorities, joint board or joint committee to whom this Act applies.\n(2) In this Act—\n“civil defence” has the same meaning as in the Civil Defence Act 1948;\n“civil defence functions”, in relation to a local authority, means all such functions as are for the time being conferred on the authority under section 2 of the Civil Defence Act 1948;\n“civil defence resources”, in relation to a local authority, means all the resuources maintained, provided, used or held by the authority of civil defence purposes, including personnel (whether employees or volunteers), premises, equipment, services and facilities.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 1(1) inserted (S.)(1.4.1996) by 1994 c. 39, s. 180(1), Sch. 13 para. 146; S.I. 1996/323, art. 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1948 c. 5 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/22/section/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:19.758149+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."
}