# Fire (Scotland) Act 2005, Paragraph 1


(1) The Civil Defence Act 1948 shall be amended as follows.
(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) ”.
(3) In section 5(civil defence obligations)—
(a) for “and fire brigades” substitute “ , employees of relevant authorities (as defined in section 6 of the Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (asp 5)) ”;
(b) the words “and brigades” are repealed; and
(c) for “respectively” substitute “ and by employees of relevant authorities (as so defined) ”.
(4) In section 9(1)(interpretation) the definition of “fire brigade” is repealed.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2005/5/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/fire-scotland-act-2005/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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