{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-1.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2005/5",
  "legislation_title": "Fire (Scotland) Act 2005",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Civil Defence Act 1948 shall be amended as follows.\n(2) In subsection (1)(b) of section 1 (civil defence functions of Ministers), for “fire brigades” substitute “ employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5) ”.\n(3) In section 5(civil defence obligations)—\n(a) for “and fire brigades” substitute “ , employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)) ”;\n(b) the words “and brigades” are repealed; and\n(c) for “respectively” substitute “ and by employees of relevant authorities (as so defined) ”.\n(4) In section 9(1)(interpretation) the definition of “fire brigade” is repealed.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2006/49",
      "affecting_title": "Road Safety Act 2006"
    }
  ],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/5/schedule/3/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:28.643565+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."
}