{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-concurrent-functions-order-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-concurrent-functions-order-1999/schedule-2/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1592",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Concurrent Functions) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-concurrent-functions-order-1999",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Fires and fire brigades: statistics and research",
  "text": "Any function relating to—\n(a) the collection, analysis and publication of statistics relating to—\n(i) occurrences of fires in Scotland;\n(ii) calls for the assistance of employees of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in Scotland; and\n(iii) the causes, characteristics and effects of fires occurring in Scotland; and\n(b) the carrying out of, or arranging for the carrying out of, research into and development of knowledge of—\n(i) the causes, characteristics and effects of fires occurring in Scotland;\n(ii) the means of preventing or mitigating the outbreak or spread of fire;\n(iii) the manner in which employees of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service may be trained and the equipment which may be provided to them; and\n(iv) the effectiveness and efficiency of arrangements for responding to calls for the assistance of employees of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service in Scotland.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(a)(ii) substituted (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2060), art. 1(2)(f), Sch. para. 14(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(a)(ii) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 77(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(iii) substituted (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2060), art. 1(2)(f), Sch. para. 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(iii) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 77(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(iv) substituted (2.8.2005) by The Fire (Scotland) Act 2005 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2060), art. 1(2)(f), Sch. para. 14(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 2 para. 2(b)(iv) substituted (1.4.2013) by The Police and Fire Reform (Scotland) Act 2012 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2013 (S.I. 2013/602), art. 1(2), Sch. 2 para. 77(4)"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 para. 2 in force at 1.7.1999, see art. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1592/schedule/2/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:41:51.200319+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."
}