{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-fire-services-england-and-wales-order-1995/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-fire-services-england-and-wales-order-1995/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1995/2901",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Act 1988 (Defined Activities) (Exemption) (Fire Services) (England and Wales) Order 1995",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-act-1988-defined-activities-exemption-fire-services-england-and-wales-order-1995",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Fire services: arrangements and equipment",
  "text": "(1) The provision of information technology services shall not be treated as a defined activity so long as those services are provided for the following purposes of a fire authority (within the meaning given by section 38(1) of the Fire Services Act 1947):—\n(a) enabling the authority to secure arrangements such as are mentioned in the following provisions of that Act:\n(i) paragraph (c) (calls for assistance) and (d) (obtaining information) of section 1(1);\n(ii) paragraph (e) (non-firefighting services) of section 3(1); or\n(b) any system of wireless telegraphy operated or to be operated by a fire brigade.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "See paragraph 14 of Schedule 1 to the Local Government Act 1988, inserted by article 4 of S.I. 1995/1915."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "1947 c. 41."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/2901/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:58:37.947145+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."
}