SCHEDULE 3Minor and consequential amendments

The Civil Defence Act 1948 (c. 5)

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the words “and brigades” are repealed; and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In section 9(1)(interpretation) the definition of “fire brigade” is repealed.