Part 25C Development by Local Authorities and Health Service BodiesF1
Interpretation of Part 25C
For the purposes of this Part—
“emergency” means an event or situation which threatens serious damage to human welfare in a place in the United Kingdom,
“health service body” means—
- (a)
a Health Board constituted by an order under section 2(1)(a) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
- (b)
a Special Health Board constituted by an order under section 2(1)(b) of the National Health Service (Scotland) Act 1978,
- (c)
the Common Services Agency,
- (d)
Public Health Scotland,
- (e)
Healthcare Improvement Scotland, and
- (f)
NHS 24.
- (a)
For the purposes of paragraph (1), an event or situation threatens serious damage to human welfare only if it involves, causes or may cause—
loss of human life,
human illness or injury,
homelessness,
damage to property,
disruption of a supply of money, food, water, energy, or fuel,
disruption of a system of communication,
disruption of facilities for transport, or
disruption of services relating to health.
For the purposes of this Part, where 2 or more original buildings are within the same curtilage and are used for the same undertaking they are to be treated as a single original building in making any measurement.